Egyptian authorities are demanding 550 million US dollars in compensation from the Japanese owner of a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March
An Egyptian appeals court said it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority's demands to uphold financial claims that led to the seizure of the cargo ship that blocked the waterway
The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, became jammed across the canal in high winds on March 23
Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March
Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie said the hulking Ever Given would not be allowed to leave the country until a compensation amount is settled on with the vessel''s Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
A replica in the middle of a French forest was built to train ship captains and maritime pilots how to navigate the Suez Canal