THE EVER GIVEN CASE AND THE GROSS AVERAGE:

an operational and commercial analysis

Abstract

Despite the importance of international commercial development and its paradigms, the debate about the use of large ships is much broader than a mere observation of the problems or demage that they can cause. Such events should be analyzed in a deeper and broaderly contextualized way, considering the nautical and commercial aspects. In this context, the cooperation between entities emerges as a high importance tool for the positive implementation of this king of ships usage. The "Ever Given" case was used in this article to tacitly demonstrate how an event can have so many positive or negative consequences, depending on the existing cooperation between commercial and nautical aspects, as well as the importance of maritime safety, so necessary, but sometimes put to the test of its efficiency in certain situations. Finally, it is necessary to attest that the gross average is indeed possible, in this case, and that it could have been avoided, if a greater integration had happened between the entities involved.