Grounded ‘Mega Ship’ Blocking Suez Canal in Both Directions

[Montanan]

The Ever Given's owners are suing the operators of the ship, the Evergreen Marine Corp.

The suit was filed in the High Court in London and references the ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal.

The Ever Given is co-owned by Luster Maritime and Higaki Sangyo Kaisha, two companies based in Japan. The ship is currently being leased by Evergreen Marine Corporation, a Chinese container transportation company.

[Pelagic]

"The Ever Given's owners are suing the operators of the ship, the Evergreen Marine Corp."

.....That is pretty standard to isolate themselves from the operators management liability and to note protest about the damages. This way, they are now leagaly on record as a claimant.

Unless there was damage to cargo due to delays (livestock) small chance Suez will need to make any payments.

But that is why Suez is asking for a large $1.4b Bond to be put in.place
...just in case there was willful negligence on part of Crew.

I think it will boil down to whether someone told the Ever Given to speed up

[IslandHopper]

Originally Posted by chrisr

wonder if the ship will declare general average ? commercially painful, but likely to be very tempting...

cheers,

Ever Given's Owner Files Suit and Declares General Average

The owner of the boxship Ever Given has filed suit against operator Evergreen in connection with the vessel's grounding in the Suez Canal on March 23, according to UK outlet The Lawyer. The details of the filing are not public, but the defendants include Evergreen and all other parties who may claim damages in connection with the incident.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given is owned by Panama-based Luster Maritime, a subsidiary of Japanese shipowner Shoei Kisen Kaisha. She is chartered to Taiwanese carrier Evergreen, with ship management by Japanese firm Higaki Sangyo Kaisha and technical management by the Hong Kong division of BSM.

As the shipowner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha is widely expected to bear the brunt of damage claims from shippers and shipping interests. Egypt alone believes it is owed at least $1 billion in compensation for the six-day shutdown and the cost of the refloat effort, Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie told reporters Wednesday. He did not specify who should be liable to pay the damages, but he emphasized that Egyptian responders "saved [the shipowner] so much by rescuing the ship without any major damage or losses."

“We could agree on a certain compensation, or it goes to court,” Rabie said. “If they decide to go to court, then the ship should be held."

Shoei Kisen Kaisha has declared general average in connection with the disaster, indicating that it will impose a bond requirement on cargo interests before releasing containers from the ship. Richard Hogg Lindley has been appointed as the GA adjuster, according to The Loadstar.

GA charges are typically assessed as a percentage of the value of the cargo, and in the case of massive losses - like the catastrophic fire on the Maersk Honam - shippers may be asked to pay GA and salvage bonds exceeding half the value of their cargoes. No cargo has been damaged in connection with this incident, but the bonds may be used to recover the cost of the refloat effort.

For its part, Evergreen believes that as the charterer it has "very low" exposure to financial risk from the grounding, president Eric Hsieh told Taiwanese reporters on Thursday. “Our risk exposure from the Ever Given incident is very low - even if there are damages, it will be covered by insurance,” Hsieh said. “Evergreen is free of responsibility from cargo delays [under the terms of carriage].”

https://www.maritime-executive.com/a...eneral-average

[chrisr]

Originally Posted by Montanan

The Ever Given's owners are suing the operators of the ship, the Evergreen Marine Corp.

The suit was filed in the High Court in London and references the ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal.

The Ever Given is co-owned by Luster Maritime and Higaki Sangyo Kaisha, two companies based in Japan. The ship is currently being leased by Evergreen Marine Corporation, a Taiwanese container transportation company.

FIFY...

cheers,

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by chrisr

wonder if the ship will declare general average ? commercially painful, but likely to be very tempting...

cheers,

Yup! ...just declared.

https://gcaptain.com/shipowner-decla...eid=0a4d88d4b5

[IslandHopper]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Yup! ...just declared.

https://gcaptain.com/shipowner-decla...eid=0a4d88d4b5

Read post 273 @ 15:46.

[betwys1]

Originally Posted by Mickeyrouse

Pilot responsibility varies by locale. Several years ago I had a very specific reason for learning about pilot liability in Texas after they were a party to the sinking of my boat. Each port has its own pilot organization. Even though a licensed pilot is required for all vessels entering ports from offshore ( there are probably other criteria as well) carrying cargo or passengers for hire above specified minimums, Texas pilots are statutorily exempt from any liability arising from accident while they are engaged. In Texas at least, pilots are advisers, and final responsibility rests with the master of the vessel.

This seems similar to the US Sailing Directions for the Suez. Pilots advise, Captains are in command.

[Montanan]

Originally Posted by chrisr

FIFY...

cheers,

Cousins, perhaps.

Always a bit of confusion there; does one use the original eleven dash lined map [includes the Gulf of Tonkin] or the nine dash lined map, or the newer RC ten dash lined map of 2013 [which is inclusive of Taiwan and the East China Sea]?

And what is the boundary region delineation where there is no line between the dashes. Is one to just fill in the gaps with a Sharpie?

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by Montanan

Cousins, perhaps.

Always a bit of confusion there; does one use the original eleven dash lined map [includes the Gulf of Tonkin] or the nine dash lined map, or the newer RC ten dash lined map of 2013 [which is inclusive of Taiwan and the East China Sea]?

And what is the boundary region delineation where there is no line between the dashes. Is one to just fill in the gaps with a Sharpie?

Lol.....I finally figured out what Dash really means as the next Dash line will include the Philippines.

Dash over to Manila
Buy as many Philippine Citizenships as you can.
Start aquiring all the land and key infrastucture rights .
Support a dictatorship that runs roughshod over the locals so that in a few years, a change of flag will mean little.

[wolfgal]

haven't read the whole thread but just saw this BBC news article about Egypt's first female captain, Marwa Elselehdar

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56615521




wolfie

[Montanan]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Lol.....I finally figured out what Dash really means as the next Dash line will include the Philippines.

Dash over to Manila
Buy as many Philippine Citizenships as you can.
Start aquiring all the land and key infrastucture rights .
Support a dictatorship that runs roughshod over the locals so that in a few years, a change of flag will mean little.

A Dash of Diplomacy.

[El Pinguino]

Backlog cleared, report out soon.
https://splash247.com/suez-canal-bac...due-this-week/

[GordMay]

Suez Canal may expand southern channel, chairman says
The Suez Canal Authority is considering expanding the southern section of the waterway where the container ship Ever Given became stranded, its chairman said on Tuesday.
It is also looking into procuring cranes that could potentially offload cargo at heights of up to 250 metres (820 ft), Osama Rabie told Reuters in an interview.
More ➥ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-e...-idUSKBN2BT1KA

[Pelagic]

This seems to agree with my feeing that Bank Effect played a key part in the grounding

https://youtu.be/zf4qVJ65ghA

[chrisr]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

This seems to agree with my feeing that Bank Effect played a key part in the grounding

https://youtu.be/zf4qVJ65ghA

like with so many of these things, it's a combination of all sorts of things - none of which by themselves are a serious problem, but when come together as a 'perfect storm'... the brown stuff hits the wall

bank effect...wind speed & direction...ship speed

one thing's for sure, the SCA report will whitewash their procedures and pilots, and blame the ship

cheers,