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Maersk settles major lawsuit against the ship that blocked the Suez Canal

ShippingWatch has learned that a claim of USD 45m against the companies behind the Ever Given has ended with a settlement outside of court.
The Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal and was stuck for six days in March 2021, creating a large queue of ships that caused delays in world trade for weeks afterwards. | Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
The Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal and was stuck for six days in March 2021, creating a large queue of ships that caused delays in world trade for weeks afterwards. | Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by NIKLAS KRIGSLUND, DAG HOLMSTAD

Maersk has dropped a court case against the companies behind the container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal and clogged up global trade for several weeks in March 2021.

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