Ever Given leaving Egypt after compensation deal struck

The massive Ever Given container ship has started sailing from the Suez Canal where it had been held for several months, after it was seized amid a compensation dispute for several months when the megaship blocked the key waterway earlier this year. Footage broadcast live on Egyptian television stations showed the Panamanian-flagged vessel leaving as a group of uniformed guides waved the Egyptian flag while bidding farewell to the 400-metre-long vessel. Its departure followed an out-of-court settlement deal struck by representatives of the Suez Canal Authority and the vessel’s Japanese owners....