Tag: Egypt

Van Oord finished dredging two new port basins in Ain Sokhna Port completing a project that forms part of a port expansion programme.

According to reports, Chairman El-Dein stated that the Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ) plans to invest $3 billion on infrastructure.

Egyptian activists have lodged a complaint against Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and others over the docking of the German ship MV Kathrin at Alexandria Port, which carries 150,000 kg of explosives allegedly destined for Israel.

According to NorthStandard, vessels carrying hazardous cargo to take extra precautions when calling at Egyptian ports, especially during the current summer months when temperatures are notably high.

Scatec ASA, ECHEM, and MOPCO have agreed with Yara Clean Ammonia on terms for renewable ammonia offtake from Egypt.

Recently, the countries of Egypt and Comoros have taken significant steps towards improving conditions for seafarers by ratifying the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

New ship-recycling destinations could soon be a thing, as two organizations are exploring the possibility of a ship recycling yard's potential in Porto, while Egypt's first ship scrapping project near Damietta Port is underway.

An Egyptian wheat ship, the Wadi Almolouk, was allowed to sail from a Russian port after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork amid a dispute a Russian grain trader and local regulators.

According to news, Egyptian authorities are holding a gas carrier with a Liberian registration after it ran aground in a sensitive environmental area in the Gulf of Aqaba. Salvage teams successfully freed the vessel and relocated it to a safe anchorage close to Safaga, Egypt, in the Red Sea.

Egypt is actively exploring additional expansions of the Suez Canal to finalize a second channel, aiming to enhance shipping capacity and minimize disruptions that may impede traffic, Reuters highlights.