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EVERGREEN - EVER GIVEN - EGYPT - SUEZ CANAL - MARITIME LAW - COMMON LAW - PORT AUTHORITY - JURISDICTION

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Shipping Vessels can come under the PORT AUTHORITY and the Laws of the Port-Land to which they are engaged in Commercial Access such as Waterways and Docks. They can also be inspected by the Port-Land Authority and The Governing Authorities of that Land i.e. Nation.

They can come under INSPECTIONS and can be DETAINED, IF, they are unseaworthy.

The following codes of Maritime Admiralty Law reflect this in totality.

The following are form the link provided. Since Egypt is the PORT STATE JURISDICTION AUTHORITY of the Suez Canal.

The Evergreen Shipping Vessel - Ever Given is NOW under the Maritime Jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Egypt.

Port State Jurisdiction (Port State = Nation)

1. A vessel has to sail to various waters during its voyage and when it enters territorial waters of a particular state, she comes under the jurisdiction of that particular coastal state. These are generally 12 NM in open seas and 24 NM in contiguous zones.

1. Port state inspector has the power to carry out the general inspection and also if there is sufficient evidence to detain unsafe ship.

1. In pollution prevention the port state control has the power to investigate if the ship has equipment designed and complying with MARPOL.

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