The Danish freighter Inge Toft, detained at Port Said since last May 21 with a cargo originating in Israel, will not be allowed to use the Suez Canal even though her owners have surrendered the Israeli cargo to the United Arab Republic authorities, it was disclosed last night.
Dispatches from Cairo quoted the agents of the shipowners as declaring that the ship was to be penalized because it had carried Israeli cargo.
The Paris newspaper, Le Monde, reported from Cairo that the owners of the Greek freighter Astypalea, which is also detained at Port Said with a cargo originating in Israel, have decided to negotiate with the UAR authorities for surrender of the cargo and release of the vessel.
The cargo of the Greek freighter was shipped from Israel in accordance with conditions spelled out to United Nations Secretary General Hammarskjold by President Nasser of the UAR. When the ship arrived at Port Said for transit through the canal in mid-December, the authorities detained it, holding its cargo to be contraband. Up to now, the ship’s owners have refused to permit its unloading, pending the out come of further negotiations between Mr. Hammarckjold and the UAR.
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