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International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) respresentatives boarded the Ever Given in the Suez Canal’s Great Bitter Lake on Sunday for a welfare check of its crew.
The health and welfare check comes as the ship remains at anchor in the Suez Canal under detention by canal authorities over a $916 million compensation claim. The Ever Given has been at anchor in the Great Bitter Lake since the ship was refloated on March 29.
The ITF reports the ship’s crew are in “good spirits”, have plenty of provisions and are up-to-date on pay.
“We are pleased to inform the world that the crew of the Ever Given is in good spirits, and doing well. The crew were pleased to see ITF Egyptian union officials, who greeted them and expressed the solidarity of the global seafaring family,” said ITF Arab World and Iran Network Coordinator Mohamed Arrachedi.