Ever Given impounded as Suez Canal Authority pursues salvage costs
This time however, the 220,000-ton ship is not caught in the sand, but snared in a legal row between Egyptian authorities and the ship’s owners over the financial impact of the accident. The massive ship has been impounded by a court in Ismailia, as the Suez Canal Authority pursues its Japanese owners for the cost of the salvage operation and lost transit fees for the week that the canal was blocked. Megaship that ran aground now caught in legal row between owners and Egyptian authorities reportedly seeking $900m.
Source: theguardian.com