Suppliers’ perfect storm forecasts pain for printers
Jo Francis
Thursday, April 29, 2021
In March the eyes of the world turned to the drama unfolding on the Suez Canal, with megaship Ever Given blocking the crucial shipping artery for the best part of a week.
The incident resulted in the creation of an abundance of hilarious memes, particularly involving the little digger attempting to free the monster vessel, but the knock-on effects are anything but funny.
At the time of writing, almost three weeks after it was freed, Ever Given and its circa 20,000 containers was still being held by Egyptian authorities while talks continued over compensation claims with reports that one claim alone was for more than $900m (£650m).