Suezfartyget ska släppas – ägaren betalar skadestånd

Suezkanalen (svenskt uttal: [sɵˈeːs]; arabiska قناة السويس, qanā as-suways), är en större kanal mellan Medelhavet och Röda havet som gör det möjligt för fartyg att färdas mellan Europa och Asien utan att behöva segla runt Afrika.

Ever Given (Chinese: 長賜輪) is one of the largest container ships in the world. The ship is owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha (a shipowning and leasing subsidiary of the large Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding), and is time chartered and operated by container transportation and shipping company Evergreen Marine, headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Ever Given is registered in Panama and its technical management is the responsibility of the German ship management company Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM).On 23 March 2021, while traveling from Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the ship ran aground in the Suez Canal. The ship remained in place for six days before salvage crews freed it on 29 March 2021. The vessel was impounded by the Egyptian government on 13 April 2021 for refusing to pay a reported $916 million in fees demanded by the government, including $300 million in "loss of reputation." The compensation claim was later cut down to $600 million.