Ever Given seized by Egypt because owners now owe $1 billion for accident.
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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This news story is claiming "sandstorm" for the grounding. I call b-o-l-o-g-n-a on that one. Sunny skies, light winds that day.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/egypt-seizes-suez-megaship-demands-nearly-1222880.html
It sounds like the Japanese owners are balking at cooperation in the investigation a bit, even after the fines levied on EG went DOWN from $1B to $900M. Who taught these guys how to negotiate?
And US interests want $600M for their involvement in the salvage, in what the owners call an "unsupported claim".....that's hilarious - where have we heard that phrase before?
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/ever-given-insurer-calls-suez-canals-900mln-1223010.html
Aaaannnd a final point: It's just after midnight, Egypt local time as I type this, and Big EG and the Mystery Cargo ship (a/k/a Unidentified Floating Object) are all by themselves in the lake. Appear to be floating about 500 feet from each other for the past 4 hours or so.
I believe it's a Taiwanese shipping company, not Japanese.
Yes, it's a Taiwanese charterer (Evergreen Marine Corp.) but the Ever Given herself is owned by a Japanese business partnership (Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.)