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The Suez Canal Authority’s (SCA) claim against Japanese shipowner Shoei Kisen Kaisha over the grounding of the Ever Given, and subsequent six-day blockage of the waterway, has been reduced by some 30%.
SCA chairman Osama Rabie told Egyptian television channel MBC Masr the SCA had reduced its claim against the shipowner to $600m, from $916m.
After the vessel was re-floated at the end of March, it was towed to the Bitter Lake area of the canal where inspectors from classification society ABS ...
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Praveen Godbole
May 11, 2021 at 2:21 pmShipowners and UK P&I club should offer by way of security a bank guarantee for $600 million for release of arrested ship, pending determination of exact quantum of liability by Egyptian court. The ship cannot be held indefinitely until the dispute is resolved. SCA can encase the guarantee if Shipowners fail to pay after court’s award.