The Ever Given is no more obstructing the Suez Canal, however, the crisis is far out of businesses compelled to survive a protracted legal struggle in hopes of regaining products worth hundreds of millions of dollars that were stuck onto the impounded container boat for months.

IKEA and Lenovo [which works as one of both international headquarters in Morrisville, NC] are one of the firms with goods stuck on the Japanese-owned boat that blocked the Suez Canal six times in March. Smaller companies like UK bicycle manufacturer Pearson 1860 and Snuggy UK, making wearable blankets, have critical orders stuck in limbo.

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“We do not have much hope of visiting our inventory this year and though it’s covered in transit, we’ve figured there’ll be little prospect of visiting a payoff for months or even decades,” Mary Pearson, manager of Pearson 1860, told Daily Reuters. His firm has merchandise worth greater than $100,000 on the boat.

An Egyptian court impounded the newly Given and its own 18,300 freight containers following the Suez Canal Authority registered a first $916 million settlement claim against Japanese boat operator Shoei Kisen Kaisha for losses and damages incurred while the ship ran aground in a narrow region of the canal, obstructing visitors.

The Ever Given — along with its shipment — are being held at the canal’s Great Bitter Lake throughout the legal conflict.

Several companies with goods on the newly recognized told Daily Reuters they’ve been abandoned in the dark regarding the status of the products since legal proceedings continue, and therefore are excluded from discussions surrounding their launch. Even if a deal is reached, the firms or their insurance companies are most likely to be on the hook for some of the settlement.

The businesses might be forced to cover below a maritime law principle referred to as”typical average,” which requires parties involved at a ship to share prices in case of a reduction. The principle has its origins in regulations governing marine commerce set by the people of Rhodes over a century ago in what is now Greece.

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“If someone [the boat owners in this instance ] incurs an outstanding investment for the common good, then everyone is requested to donate to it,” said Jai Sharma, ” the mind of freight casualty in Clyde & Co., a law firm that represents businesses and insurance companies having more than $100 million in freight on the Ever Given. The company estimates that the entire value of products onboard to be $600 million to $700 million.

Shoei Kisen Kaisha declined to comment on this story. The Suez Canal Authority did not respond to several requests for comment.