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Arrest of a ship blocking the Suez Canal / Day

Ship Ever Given will not be able to leave Egypt until an amount of compensation has been agreed with the shipowners of the Japanese company Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltdsaid Lieutenant Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal administration.

“The ship has now been officially arrested,” he told an Egyptian state television channel. “They don’t want to pay anything.”

Rabie did not disclose how much the channel’s administration wanted to receive, while an Egyptian justice official said it was $ 900 million (€ 769 million). Also a government newspaper Ahram mentioned the following amount.

This amount includes the cost of the decommissioning operation, the suspended canal traffic costs and the loss of transit revenue incurred during the week when Ever Given had blocked the channel.

A court in Ismailia, adjacent to the canal, arrested the ship on Monday and the ship’s crew was informed of the decision on Tuesday, the official said.

Ismailian prosecutors have also launched a separate investigation into what caused it Ever Given running aground.

Rabie said talks on compensation are ongoing.

Speaking to the state TV channel, he denied that the channel’s management was guilty of any wrongdoing.

He declined to discuss the possible causes of the accident, including the speed of the ship and the strong winds during the sandstorm.

Asked if the shipowners were to blame, Rabie said, “Of course yes.”

According to Rabie, the conclusion of the administrative investigation is expected on Thursday.

Panama-flagged vessel 400 meters long and 59 meters wide Ever Given On March 23, in bad weather, he turned sideways and got stuck, completely stopping sailing in the Suez Canal.

A ship owned by a Japanese company Shoei Kisen Kaisha and operated by a Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, was on his way from Tanjongpelepas in Malaysia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

On March 29, it was successfully removed from the beach. The ship is currently calling at the Great Bitter Lake, located between the northern and southern parts of the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal, excavated more than 150 years ago, is one of the world’s most important trade routes.

Last year, almost 19,000 ships passed through the canal, carrying more than one billion tons of cargo.

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