CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court says it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the the seizure of the cargo ship that blocked the waterway in March. The authority and the ship’s owners dispute who was at fault when the Ever Given ran aground and how much compensation should be paid. The appeals chamber of the Ismailia Economic Court referred the case to a lower court to rule on the canal authorities’ demands for compensation from Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the ship’s Japanese owner, according to a defense lawyer representing the ship’s owners.
