Illustration; Image credit: Suez Canal Authority
The crew of the Ever Given containership, which has been stuck in Egypt for over three weeks, is in good spirits, and doing well, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said.
The statement was made after Egypt-based representatives of the union boarded the vessel on Sunday to determine the state of the crew.
As informed, all seafarer wages have been paid and there were no contract violations found by the ITF representatives. The crew had sufficient food provisions, and the union provided them with the devices to connect to the internet.
As reported earlier, the cargo vessel is currently anchored in Lake Bitter, in the Suez Canal system, as Egyptian authorities and the vessel’s insurer continue to negotiate over damages claims.
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