The Suez Canal Authority says it has reached an agreement to settle a financial dispute with the owners of a hulking container ship that blocked the crucial waterway in Egypt for nearly a week earlier this year.
The authority did not reveal details on the settlement deal with the Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the Japanese owner of the Ever Given. It said the deal will be signed in a ceremony in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Wednesday.
Settlement reached to release ship that blocked Suez Canal | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
![The vessel ran aground in the single-lane stretch of the canal on March 23 before it was extracted six days later [File: Bloomberg]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/371246524.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
The vessel ran aground in the single-lane stretch of the canal on March 23 before it was extracted six days later [File: Bloomberg]



