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While the backlog of the more than 300 ships, which the salvage operation of the Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal caused, has cleared during the week after, the legal battle to determine compensation owing to the shutdown of the canal ensued. On 13 April, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) arrested the ship anchored in the Great Bitter Lake adjacent to the canal as it pursued owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha for the cost of the salvage operation and lost transit fees for the week that the canal was blocked. In total, a sum close to USD1 billion. "The SCA has not provided a detailed justification for this extraordinarily large claim. The grounding resulted in no pollution and no reported injuries. The vessel was refloated after six days and the Suez Canal promptly resumed their commercial operations," UK P&I Club, the vessel's insurer, said. |