Egypt is studying further expansions of the Suez Canal
NewsThese considerations arise amidst a significant decline in revenue, attributed to shipping companies bypassing the Canal due to attacks by H...
Red Sea turmoil continues
NewsRecent attacks by Iranian-backed Houti rebels on Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)-operated contain...
Red Sea disruption should ease
NewsThe naval protection force assembled by 10 countries to help protect ships in the Red Sea should result in Suez Canal transits returning to ...
Suez transit fees set to rise
NewsThe Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is to raise its transit tolls by 6% from February 2022. Only LNG carriers and cruise ships will be exempt fro...
Cairo pledges changes to Suez Canal
NewsThe Egyptian government has unveiled a plan to widen the 30 km southern part of the Suez Canal, where the ever given became grounded, by 40m...
EVER GIVEN arrested – dispute over damages claim
NewsThird party liability insurer calls Suez Canal Authority’s claim for US$916M “largely unsupported”....
EVER GIVEN – another three months of supply chain disruptions
NewsMore vessels being rerouted via Cape of Good Hope; expect chaos in the ports, further container surcharges and even less availability of ECs...
20,000 TEU vessel stuck in the Suez Canal
NewsThe giant Evergreen vessel EVER GIVEN drifted sideways and blocked the Suez Canal....
Post-mortem for the Suez Canal
NewsContainer shipping and the global supply chain drew the world’s attention this month when Evergreen’s 400m-long 20,000 TEU vessel EVER G...
Suez Canal Authority invests in new modelling system
NewsProject includes numerical and physical modelling systems for the entire canal system....
Egyptian Red Sea port deals inked
NewsThe Egyptian Government’s plan to develop its Red Sea ports and capitalise on the strategic significance of the Suez Canal continues to ma...
Suez transit with Wilhelmsen Ships Service
NewsWilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has established a dedicated local transit team to help its customers negotiate the Suez Canal and the rebate ...
East Port Said access agreement
NewsThe Suez Canal Authority has agreed to build a side channel to allow vessels to access East Port Said port independently of Suez Canal convo...
SCCT “side-channel” dredge starts
NewsHot on the heels of the opening of the new Suez Canal last week comes the announcement from the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) that work on a ne...