Sea freight: common damage declared for Ever Given
The vessel was prevented for 6 days by Ever Given from passing through the Suez Canal, In this way, the maritime sector and world trade (cf. Sea freight: what are the impacts of the Suez Canal blocking?) is, to date,Always blocked by the Suez Canal authorities.
Egypt, which claims USD 600 million in compensation from the container owners, has decided to put pressure on the sea giant. The goods on board are not ready to arrive at destination. As a reminder, this vessel was carrying out the Ningbo(CN) – Rotterdam(NL) link and was to initialarrive at the Dutch port around 10 April.
The Ever Given was declared in Common damage: this specificity of maritime law comes impact shipowner and loaders, as significant means were deployed to bail out the ship in difficulty in order to save lives and property on board.
The common contribution rule is that the costs be shared between the shipowner and the shippers, in proportion to their cargo on board. Thus, all those who have goods on the ship will be called upon to pay for Joint contribution. Withover 19,000 containers on board, le calculation of this contribution by the experts-dispatchers may be complicated! The shipowner will not unload the containers until he has the guarantee of payment of the contribution... The Ever Given saga promises to be long.
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