by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 1, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
The captain’s orders were the main cause of the Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal on 23 March. This is what the chief investigator of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Sajid Shaisha, has told German news agency DPA, among others. According to him, when the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 6, 2021 | Grounding, News, Salvage, Shipping
The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal near Egypt for days at the end of March, the Ever Given, is still forbidden to leave Egypt. An Egyptian court has rejected an appeal by the Japanese owner against the earlier seizure. Authorities are demanding damages of...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 13, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping
Egypt has confiscated the container ship Ever Given. With this, the country wants to enforce the payment of 900 million dollars in compensation. Egypt has lost money on the salvage operation of the ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal last month. The Suez Canal...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 1, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
The 25-strong Indian crew of the container ship Ever Given is at risk of being detained as part of the investigation into the cause of its grounding in the Suez Canal. The Times of India reports this based on sources in the shipping industry. According to the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 30, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
A day after Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage pulled the container ship Ever Given free, enormous container ships and tankers are once again sailing in large convoys through the Suez Canal in both directions. The blockage of the Suez Canal has resulted in some 450...
