Tag: Egypt

A fire broke out on 30 January at a shipyard south of the Suez Canal in Egypt, destroying multiple fishing boats and other vessels.

The Suez Canal Authority stated that it had successfully tested a new 10km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels will keep up their attacks on Israel, their leader said two days into a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hezbollah.

General cargo vessel VSG GLORY ran aground at El Quseir on 22 November due to poor weather conditions and a technical malfunction.

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).