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Based on chatter amongst maritime community, Suez Canal Authority- sis.gov.eg is gonna blame Indian crew & make them scapegoat. But @MEAIndia , seafarers union & int’l maritime org is on the side of ship. BTW how many know Suez Canal is also called Marlboro canal .. Image
Thanks to the practise of facilitation payments paid by ships, Suez canal is also known as ‘ Marlboro canal’. It is well known amongst circles as to how Egyptian pilots & authorities insist on cartons of cigarettes / money from Capt as a guarantee for safe canal transit
Shipping companies -when thousands of dollars per day is at stake, don’t mind paying these few hundred dollars but this practise has now assumed gigantic proportions. Reason why Maritime Anti-Corruption Network started a campaign to help stop this practise macn.dk/home/
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