Grounding is the condition of a ship that strikes the shore and comes to rest without sufficient water under the keel. It can occur on the shore, but also on a shoal or an isolated rock.
Grounding does not count as a total loss for abandonment. To give rise to abandonment, it would have to result in the impossibility of repair, or in repairs exceeding three-quarters of the vessel’s value or result in unseaworthiness.
Grounding is treated as a shipwreck for passenger transport. It comes under the notion of “fortune of the sea”. It is included immediately after the shipwreck in the list of risks covered by the hull policy.
There are no rules specific to this accident concerning the sailors’ claim for rent.
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