Foreign media: The freighter that caused the Suez Canal has not completed yet and faces a claim of US$1 billion
The Beijing News (Reporter Peng An) According to Business Insider.com, the freighter "Changci" that previously blocked the Suez Canal is still staying in a section of the canal known as the Great Bitter Lake.
The Egyptian authorities stated that they hoped that the owner of the "Long Grant" would pay $1 billion to compensate for the losses caused by the closure of the canal for a week.
Osama Rabbi, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said on Egyptian national television last week that Egypt will not "release" the Long Grant for the time being and will investigate the specific causes of the accident until the shipowner agrees to pay 1 billion US dollars in compensation. Gold so far.
On March 29, local time, the heavy cargo ship stranded in the Suez Canal had successfully floated, and the hull direction was obviously corrected.
The picture shows that the hull of this 400-meter-long cargo ship has gradually been straightened and is close to being parallel to the bank of the canal.
According to estimates by the Suez Canal Authority, in the week of March 29, the Long Grant was stuck and blocked the canal traffic, resulting in more than 400 ships being stranded and the canal losing 95 million US dollars in transit fees.
In addition, there are costs to "release" the ship and other expenses that need to be repaid.
It is understood that there are 25 Indian crew members on board, all of whom are currently safe and will continue to be paid.
The National Seamen of India issued a statement saying that the Suez Canal Authority and the shipowner are allowed to investigate the ship. If there is any problem, they can solve the problem together with the ship’s personnel, but cannot call the crew in any way.
Rabbi, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said that he is more willing to settle compensation issues outside the court, but if an agreement cannot be reached, he will also initiate legal proceedings.