Suez Canal Authority: more than one billion dollars in compensation as a result of the canal closure

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The head of the Suez Canal Authority revealed the extent of the losses and compensation resulting from the closure of the Evergiven ship, which lasted for several days . 

The head of the authority, Osama Rabie, said in a television interview with the "On My Responsibility" program, broadcast on the Egyptian Sada Al Balad channel, "The losses and damages resulting from the delinquency of the Evergiven ship and its closure of the channel may reach about one billion dollars," pointing out that "the channel will get More than a billion dollars in compensation from the delinquent ship and the company that owns it. " 

Rabei added, "The size of the damage and losses, and the dredges consumed as much and everything will be calculated estimates, God willing, will reach a billion dollars and a little, this is the right of the country."

He pointed out that the workers in the canal worked for 6 days and that there are ongoing investigations, and he revealed that the boat was in the lakes and did not exit until after the investigations, and revealed that the cargo on the ship was estimated at 3.5 billion dollars other than the ship.

He pointed out that the company that owns the ship is cooperating, and that there are no problems, and stressed that the problem may end by mutual consent.

The efforts of the Suez Canal Authority, last Monday, succeeded in floating the ship Evergiven, which ran aground for six days in the passage of the canal and led to the suspension of its navigation.