Ever Given shipowner blames SCA for Suez canal blockage

Ever Given ship stucked in the Suez Canal | Photo: Instagram fallenhearts17

Lawyers for Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the owner of the Ever Given ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, blamed the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) for the accident and demanded that initial compensation in the amount of $100,000 for the detention of the ship.

Earlier this month, SCA dropped its claim against Shoei Kisen by $300 million from $916 million, but the UK's P&I Club insurers remained unmoved by the claim. On 22 May, the shipowner's legal team argued that the SCA should not have allowed the ship to enter the canal without at least two tugs assisting in the transit in bad weather.

Voice recordings played to the court in Ismailia demonstrate the dispute between the two SCA pilots on board and the control center over whether the 20,000TEU vessel should be allowed to enter the canal.

Furthermore, the lawyers argued that the re-floating of the Ever Given when it ran aground was not a rescue operation, but an element of the contract between the shipowner and the SCA, which the SCA was required to perform under the contract. .

Meanwhile, SCA said the Ever Given vessel will be allowed to leave Great Bitter Lake if the owner pays a $200 million deposit. The ship has been detained in the lake since it was freed from aground, pending the outcome of SCA's claim against the ship's owner.

Source: Phaata.com (Adapted from ContainerNews)

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