: Ever Given sails out of Suez Canal more than three months after getting stuck #IndiaNEWS The Ever Given, a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for a week in March, left the waterway after 106

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Ever Given sails out of Suez Canal more than three months after getting stuck #IndiaNEWS
The Ever Given, a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for a week in March, left the waterway after 106 days on Wednesday as Egypt signed a compensation deal with its owners, the BBC reported.The ship has a 25-member Indian crew. “We hope that these Indian seafarers come back to India very soon,â€? Sailors Union of India General Secretary RP Veetil told PTI.The ship had got jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds on March 18, halting shipping traffic on the key waterway. Authorities launched a tedious excavation operation, with diggers working to remove parts of the canal’s bank and expand dredging close to the ship’s bow to a depth of 18 metres.Ever Given was set afloat on March 29 evening (Indian time). But on April 13, the Suez Canal Authority seized the ship and said it won’t release the vessel till its owners paid 0 million (approximately Rs 6,758 crore) as compensation for losses. Later, it lowered the amount to 0 million (approximately Rs 3,739 crore). Ever Given container ship resumed its journey to leave the Suez Canal, 106 days after getting stuck for nearly a week t.co/ePKp79N5Ho pic.twitter.com/AGrcSy5Zgg— Reuters (@Reuters) July 8, 2021 The Suez Canal Authority had said Egypt lost between million (approximately Rs 89.68 crore) and...Read more

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