News / Shipowner to blame, claims industry plaintiffs in latest Ever Given court case

Ever Given surrounded by tugs and dredgers

23/09/2022

A group of cargo owners are blaming Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese owner of Ever Given, for last March’s financially catastrophic grounding of the vessel in the Suez Canal.

In an unconventional turn for maritime incidents, it is the 20,388 teu ship’s owner and not crew ...

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