suez canal

  CAIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Egypt on Thursday opens the New Suez Canal, an extension which flanks the existing 145-year-old waterway and part of a

  By Ahmed Feteha (Bloomberg) — The Suez Canal took 10 years to build and cost thousands of workers their lives. When planners suggested three years

  By Eric Knecht ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 29 (Reuters) – Egypt has finished building its New Suez Canal, its overseer said on Wednesday, a project

  CAIRO, July 28 (Reuters) – Egypt plans to allow smaller vessels in the Mediterranean direct access to East Port Said around the clock instead of

  The first cargo ships crossed the new Suez Canal on Saturday in a test-run before it is officially inaugurated August 6th. [contextly_sidebar

  By Yusri Mohamed ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 25 (Reuters) – The first cargo ships passed through Egypt’s New Suez Canal on Saturday in a test-run

  CAIRO, July 6 (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on suspicion of planting bombs around the Suez

Egypt's New Suez Canal will open on Aug. 6, its overseer said on Saturday, a project President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a potent symbol of national pride

On September 29, 2014 something went terribly wrong aboard Hapag-Lloyd’s containership Colombo Express when it lost control and slammed into the Maersk

A giant Hanjin containership suffered a fire Friday while underway just south of the Suez Canal. Local media has identified the ship as the UK-flagged Hanjin

A container ship ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal in dense mist on Saturday morning, the canal authority said, delaying traffic through a vital global trade

The South African port of Durban has started an excavation project to triple its capacity to handle large container ships, encouraging more vessels to sail

Shipping corridors used by Gulf energy exporters are not at risk from violence and political volatility in Yemen and the seizure of swathes of territory in the

The captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship have been detained for four days after their ship collided with a fishing vessel in the Red Sea,

The consultant on a project to develop the Suez Canal says cumbersome Egyptian government bureaucracy could hamper its chances of

HERZLIYA, Israel, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Some surprising traffic passes through the Suez Canal each day. Beneath the decks of the giant cargo ships that flow

Boskalis, Van Oord and Jan de Nul aren’t the only the only ones who will be sucking vast quantities of mud from the Suez Canal over the next few

The Egyptian postal service had the best intentions when issuing a series of stamps to commemorate the Suez Canal and its multi-billion expansion project, only

Egypt has chosen a consortium that includes the Egyptian army and global engineering firm Dar al-Handasah to develop an international industrial and logistics

Egypt is pressing ahead with plans to develop a new wheat storage facility and expand port operations at two terminals in the Suez area as the country looks to