Viewpoint: Settling for general average Questions about insurance key in legal aftermath of Suez blockage 0 11 3 minutes read The 20,000-TEU Ever Given was bound for the Port of Rotterdam when it ran aground in the Suez Canal. (Photo: Flickr/kees torn CC BU-SA 2.0) The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The world watched as the MV Ever Given remained stuck in the Suez Canal between March 23 and 29. The ultra-large 20,000-TEU vessel was in the middle of its voyage from the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia to the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, when, according to the vessel operators, strong winds made it run aground. Its 430-yard-long hull nestled obliquely along both edges of the narrow canal.