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SCA, Ever Given owners and insurers come to a deal in principle

An agreement in principle has been reached among the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the owners of the 20,388TEU Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March, and the vessel insurers.

“Following extensive discussions with the Suez Canal Authority’s negotiating committee over the past few weeks, an agreement in principle between the parties has been reached,” said UK P&I Club in a statement.

According to reports, the deal comes after an increased offer from the Japanese shipowner of Ever Given,...

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Hapag-Lloyd orders 6 more 23,500-TEU ships at cost of $852M

Hapag-Lloyd has doubled its container ship order, commissioning a South Korean shipyard to build six more mega-vessels.

Each of the container ships will have a capacity of more than 23,500 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). That’s the same size as the six ultra-large ships Hapag-Lloyd ordered at the end of 2020 from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. 

The order does not come as a surprise. Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said on the ocean carrier’s first-quarter earnings call that the

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SCA to bolster tug capacity, negotiating settlement in Ever Given incident

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has said it will increase the number and power of its tugboat fleet following the stranding of the 20,388TEU Ever Given at the end of March, which blocked the waterway for six days.

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Officials To Investigate ‘Black Box’ in Suez Canal Crisis

  • Ever Given spent six days stuck in the canal after running aground on March 23.
  • Compensation includes cost of the salvage operation and recuperation of losses.
  • The ship could be held in the Suez Canal until the compensation is finalized.

Egypt is expecting more than $1 billion (£722 million) in compensation after a cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, reads a Daily Mail report.

Access to the black box

Suez Canal Authority (SCA) CEO Ossama Rabei also warned the ship and its some $3...

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