Ever Given owner blames Suez Canal Authority for blockage, says ship was wrongly allowed through canal

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Ever Given owner blames Suez Canal Authority for blockage, says ship was wrongly allowed through canal

Lawyers representing the Ever Given's owner said the ship should have also been chaperoned by at least two tug boats, "but this didn't happen."

Source: Business Insider South Africa

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