(1) The salvor may demand that the debtor provide satisfactory security for the salvor’s claim to a salvage reward or to special compensation, including interest and costs. Sentence 1 does not apply, however, if the salvage measures were performed for a ship that is owned or operated by a State, that serves non-commercial purposes and that, at the time of the salvage measures, enjoys sovereign immunity under generally recognized principles of international law.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the owner of the salved ship is to use their best endeavours to ensure that the owners of the cargo provide satisfactory security for the claims against them, including interest and costs, before the cargo is released.
(3) Unless the salvor gives their express consent, the salved ship and other property may not be removed from the port or place at which they first arrive upon completion of the salvage measures until such time as the salvor’s claims have been satisfied or until satisfactory security has been provided for the salvor's claim.
(4) If the skipper or master delivers salved cargo to be removed in contravention of subsection (3), they will be liable for the damages that they have culpably caused the salvor. This applies also if the skipper acted on the instructions of the ship’s owner, or if the master acted on the instructions of the Reeder.