The Suez Canal Authority is seeking one billion dollars in compensation from the Ever Given container ship’s owner company Shoei Kisen, as a result of the dayslong disruption of the canal and the subsequent financial losses, Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said.
Source: Suez Canal Authority requests $1 bn in compensation from Ever Given owner – Egypt Independent
“…TV program, where he added that the value of the goods aboard the ship amounted to US$ 3.5 billion.”
So a $300K ticket to use the Suez Canal isn’t that awful.
