Suez Canal Authority Still in Talks About Compensation for Grounding of Container Ship April 12, 2021 By Abdel Latif Wahba Egypt is still in talks about compensation stemming from the operations to free the giant container ship whose stranding in...
Huge Ship That Blocked Suez Canal Will Be Held Until Compensation Deal Is Reached April 9, 2021 By Mirette Magdy Egypt will release the giant container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week once a deal...
Suez Canal Blockage Continues to Disrupt Global Trade, Hitting Supply Chains April 9, 2021 By Jonathan Saul and Timothy Aeppel LONDON/LOS ANGELES – A backlog of container ships carrying consumer goods has grown in some key strategic ports after a...
Reinsurers Will Bear Most of Costs of Container-Ship Grounding in Suez Canal April 8, 2021 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Reinsurers are set to foot most of the bill for the grounding of the ship that halted traffic...
Egypt Seeks Out-of-Court Settlement with Owners of Huge Ship that Blocked Suez Canal April 7, 2021 By Samy Magdy ISMAILIA, Egypt – The Suez Canal chief said Tuesday that authorities are negotiating a financial settlement with the owners of...
Suez Canal Must Upgrade to Avoid Future Shipping Disruption: Sources April 5, 2021 By Jonathan Saul and Patrick Werr CAIRO – Egypt’s Suez Canal must move quickly to upgrade its technical infrastructure if it is to avoid future shipping...
Suez Blockage Claims Expected to Hike Marine Reinsurance Rates, Says Willis Re April 1, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn The blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to lead to large reinsurance claims, adding to upward pressure on marine...
Formal Investigations Begin into How Container Ship Ran Around in Suez Canal March 31, 2021 ISMAILIA, Egypt – Formal investigations into how the giant container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting...
Lengthy Legal Battles Expected from Suez Canal’s Longest Closure in Almost 50 Years March 30, 2021 By Aaron Clark, Cindy Wang, Ann Koh and Verity Ratcliffe The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half...
Insurance Unlikely to Cover All Shipowners’ Expenses Incurred in Suez Closure Chaos March 30, 2021 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at...