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An Egyptian court has on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling to detain the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, as authorities continue to seek around $900 million in compensation from the vessel’s owners.
The decision was made by a court in the canal-side city of Ismailia, following a legal appeal by the owners of the ship.
The court in mid-April granted the Suez Canal Authority’s request for the detention of the 400-metre-long vessel as talks dragged on over compensation for Egypt.
The stranding of the Ever Given in the southern reaches of the Egyptian canal for almost a week in March caused mass disruptions to global shipping.
