Tag: Suez Canal
Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated
Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship which had been blocking...
ISS: Stranded Suez ship confounds world uneasy about the long haul
A prolonged blockage of the Suez Canal threatened to choke the world economy, with significant impacts for Africa.
The Suez Canal is one of the...
Suez Canal suspends traffic as ship stuck like ‘beached whale’
A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” created a new setback for global trade on Thursday as officials stopped all...
New F-16s, Rafales, FREMM frigate take part in opening of New...
Egypt's newly delivered F-16s and Rafale fighter jets and its FREMM frigate took part in the opening of the new Suez Canal...
Egyptian court sentences 26 people to death for plotting Suez Canal...
An Egyptian court sentenced 26 people to death on Wednesday for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal, judicial source...
Gunmen kill 5 Egyptian soldiers near Suez Canal
Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Monday, security sources said, highlighting the growing security challenges...
Russia’s Putin says Arctic trade route to rival Suez
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin predicted Arctic shipping routes along Russia's northern coast would soon rival the Suez Canal as a quicker trade...
Panamanian cargo ship sinks near Suez Canal
A Panamanian ship sank in the Red Sea at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal but the incident did not affect...
Four US nationals held in Egypt-military sources
Egyptian demonstrators in the Suez Canal city of Suez detained four US nationals and an Egyptian translator and handed them over to...
Egypt blocking Somaliland and Ethiopia?
The United States Department said that Egypt has put forward new ideas on the international working group for combating piracy in the...
