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Egypt Seizes Ever Given Ship in Suez Canal, Demands Compensation

• evolve2k 6y ago
  Raises the obvious question: What is a second hand 1,300-foot container ship worth? Surely not $1 billion? I’d probably just leave them with the possessed vehicle. On Egypt’s part it’d be an easy tourist attraction.
  • PHGamer 6y ago
    the cargo might be worth some
    • iancmceachern 6y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26798122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26798122
• 908B64B197 6y ago
  Not surprised they want more Baksheesh [0]. Seems like par for the course for the canal [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26588272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26588272