Ever Given: arrest and GA – what happens to vessel and cargo next?

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The Suez Canal Authority’s decision to arrest the Ever Given, following the six-day closure of the waterway, as leverage for its $916m insurance claim against the vessel owner, is likely to further delay the General Average process.

Jose Guerrero, president of independent claims consultancy Virtual Claims, told The Loadstar one of the key elements of GA was that “the goods and the ship must successfully reach the destination, otherwise, there is no general average”.

However, with the ship arrested, the prospect of cargo ...