COLUMN | Shipping on demand in these troubled times [Grey Power]

Among the grim news emanating from every quarter, which filled the morning newspapers recently, was the frightful threat of a shortage of tea. This was on account of the supply chain being suddenly lengthened by some 3,000 miles with the Houthi pirate campaign in the Red Sea, and their attacks on...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/column-shipping-on-demand-in-these-troubled-times-grey-power/

Maersk settles Ever Given case out of court

Maersk Line has reached an out-of-court settlement with the parties it sued for damages resulting from the grounding of Ever Given in the Suez Canal two years ago.

The 20,124 TEU Ever Given, owned by Japanese tonnage provider Shoei Kisen Kaisha and on long-term charter to Taiwanese mainline operator Evergreen Marine Corporation, became grounded on 23 March 2021, soon after crossing the southern entrance to the Suez Canal. It turned out that the canal’s width was shorter than the length of Ever...

https://container-news.com/maersk-settles-ever-given-case-out-of-court/

68-page final investigation report into the Ever Given Suez grounding released 

The Panamanian registry, which has the Ever Given on its books, has published its verdict on this decade’s most high-profile shipping accident.  When the 20,124 teu Ever Given became lodged across the Suez Canal in March 2021 for six days, shipping was thrust into the mainstream press on a scale...

https://splash247.com/68-page-final-investigation-report-into-the-ever-given-suez-grounding-released/

SMIT Seeks Higher Salvage Award for Freeing Ever Given from Suez Canal

By Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg) — The Dutch salvage firm that helped prevent a global freight bottleneck when it dislodged a massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal is fighting the vessel’s owners in a London court, claiming they were denied a proper payout. Teams from SMIT Salvage BV were rushed to the Suez Canal to help refloat the Ever Given and free the critical waterway in the spring of 2021. The firm, known for flying employees from one shipping crisis to the next, argued this...

https://gcaptain.com/smit-seeks-higher-salvage-award-for-freeing-ever-given-from-suez-canal/

Maersk files claim against Evergreen and Shoei Kisen over Ever Given grounding

Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk has filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the containership Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021, seeking compensation for delays caused by the incident. “We can confirm that Maersk has filed a claim against Evergreen, the ship’s...

https://splash247.com/maersk-files-claim-against-evergreen-and-shoei-kisen-over-ever-given-grounding/

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