Does "General Average" Or COGSA Apply To Limit Carriers' Liability After Suez Canal Blockage? - Transport
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. (April 2021) - Between March 23 and 29, 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked when Ever Given – a 1312-foot-long cargo ship – ran aground in high winds and a sandstorm, wedging itself across the canal. It took six days to free Ever Given, while hundreds of other ships carrying billions of dollars of cargo were prevented from timely navigating the canal. Although Ever Given has since been refloated, it is not free to sail to its next port. Egyptian authorities will not release the ship unti...
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