[HN Gopher] Egypt Seizes Ever Given Ship in Suez Canal, Demands ...
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       Egypt Seizes Ever Given Ship in Suez Canal, Demands Compensation
        
       Author : cwwc
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2021-04-13 21:48 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | evolve2k wrote:
       | Raises the obvious question: What is a second hand 1,300-foot
       | container ship worth?
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       | Surely not $1 billion?
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       | I'd probably just leave them with the possessed vehicle.
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       | On Egypt's part it'd be an easy tourist attraction.
        
         | PHGamer wrote:
         | the cargo might be worth some
        
       | 908B64B197 wrote:
       | Not surprised they want more Baksheesh [0]. Seems like par for
       | the course for the canal [1]
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       | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh
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       | [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26588272
        
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