Seafarers' body writes to DG shipping for Indian crew's safety as cargo ship disallowed to leave Suez Canal unless $1bn paid | India News
NEW DELHI: The All India Seafarers’ Union has sent urgent missives to the directorate general of shipping and German ship management company Bernhard Schulte Ship Management (BSM) after giant container ship Ever Given, with 25 Indian crew members on board, was disallowed by the Egyptian authorities to leave the Suez Canal until the owners of the ship pay up $1 billion in compensation for the canal blockage last month. The union demanded that the “Indian crew should be safe and sound, and well-treated by the Egyptian authorities”. The Panama-registered cargo vessel owned by Japanese shi...
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