Ever Given still held up in Suez waters amid legal battle
Although it has been several weeks since container ship ‘Ever Given’ ran aground in the Suez Canal, the troubles might just be beginning for the 26 Indian nationals on board that make up her crew. Egyptian authorities have impounded the ship as the state-owned Suez Canal Authority (SCA) demand a staggering $916 million in damages from Japanese owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
The crew is effectively stuck o
n board the ship currently moored in an artificial lake along the Suez. They now find themselves the victims of a legal dispute between Egyptian authorities and the Ever Given s owners and operators.
Ever Given still stranded in Suez waters amid legal fracas
Although freed inside the Suez Canal, the megaship Ever Given and its cargo remain impounded in Egypt as its insurers dispute the bill for last month s shipping logjam.
The ship s insurer says that the canal authority has not provided a detailed justification for this extraordinarily large claim
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) wants $916 million (€761 million) recompense for last month s six-day snarl of world shipping, but on Friday the insurer of the Egyptian-impounded Ever Given said it had filed an appeal and again implied costs were exaggerated.
London-based maritime insurer UK P&I called for a fair and swift resolution of the SCA s claim to enable the vessel to continue on her intended voyage and the crew to leave Egypt.