Last Tuesday, a local Egyptian court made headlines as they had upheld the decision to hold the Ever Given crew as a ransom for compensation. And now the insurers of the ship have expressed their disappointment and concern regarding the ruling.
The court had rejected the Japanese shipowner’s appeal against the detention of the crew and the ship. The court has ruled in the SCA’s favour making it possible to detain the crew.
The ship chartered by the Evergreen company had run aground on the Suez...