Suez Canal Administrator Osama Rabie said on Tuesday that the administration had asked an Egyptian court to seize the MV EVER GIVEN because of its operating company, and that the court order had been carried out.
The Washington Post reported that the $900 million in damages awarded to the MV EVER GIVEN was to cover the various losses incurred by the international waterway since it ran aground for six days on March 23, including damage to the waterway and equipment, as well as the costs of dredging and towing.
The canal was finally opened on March 29, and the ship was sent to the Bitter Lakes for technical inspection, crew interrogation and black box analysis. The Suez Canal chairman said the results of the investigation will be announced on April 15.
The 25 crew members on board the long-giving ship were forbidden to leave the ship, including the Indian crew, so the Indian National Seamen’s Union argued that refusing to let the crew off the ship was tantamount to being “held hostage for ransom. Abdulgani Serang, general secretary of the union, told the Times of India on Sunday, “If the members of the union are being unfairly treated, the union will step in and do something for the crew involved.”
The owner of the vessel is the Japanese holding company Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the user of the vessel is Evergreen Marine Corp. Shipmanagement is responsible for hiring the crew, and the responsibility is a bit complicated.
Shoei Steamship Co. said last week that it “is negotiating with Suez Canal authorities to sort out responsibility for the incident.”
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