Egypt is to be compensated for roughly $ 1 billion, which was lost due to the loss of a heavy container ship after being trapped in the Suez Canal for six days.
Suez Canal Authority CEO Osama Rabi speculated that A. The interview On Wednesday night, two days later, with Egyptian TV station Sada El-Balad TV, the crew freed the 400-meter-long Avar from the critical waterway.
“The amount of losses and losses, and how much the drawers consumed, will be calculated.” Rabi said. “It is estimated, God willing, will reach one billion dollars and a little more, that is the right of the country.”
Rabi said those losses included damage to the canal – an important trade route between Europe and Asia – transit fees, and equipment and labor costs, According to Bloomberg News.
Rabi did not specify in the interview whom the Suez Canal Authority would seek compensation for, but said Egypt should find “reasonable reasons” for the deal, which is linked to global shipping markets and brought hundreds of ships to a halt Is, the outlet reported.
However, Evergreen Marine Corp – the Taiwanese firm that chartered Ever Givant and whose name was mounted on the hull of the boat – reportedly does not expect to foot the bill and denies responsibility for delays for cargo Had been.
According to Bloomberg, Evergreen president Eric Hesheh said in a briefing, “There is almost no chance that we will demand compensation to be paid.”
A spokesman for Shoe Kisan Kasa, a Japanese firm owned by Ever Give, told Bloomberg that it would discuss compensation with the Canal Authority, but declined to provide further details.
The ship-leasing company said earlier this week that it had not yet received any lawsuits or claims to recover damages stemming from the interruption, trading an estimated $ 9.6 billion every day.
With post wires
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