Tag: Egypt

Captain Vehbi Kara was allowed to return home to Turkey last week having been stuk in the port of Adabiya, Suez for more than a year.

The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal, said that a formal settlement had been agreed in a compensation dispute, while the vessel would be allowed to sail on July 7.

Egypt has become the first African country to implement Advance Cargo Information (ACI), requiring by law all import shipments and carriers to validate ACI-related information prior loading from the first load port. 

On 12 April, Egypt became the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), in order to promote security, stability and prosperity.

As the Suez Canal blockage issue got resolved, the aftermath has affected be Egypt’s first female ship captain who has been blamed for the incident.

In light of the Suez Canal blockage by the Ever Given the previous week, Egypt could be lining up a $1bn claim in damages and losses.

Marwa Elselehdar has become the first woman to work as a sea captain in Egypt. Ms. Elselehdar enrolled in the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Egypt and joined the International Transport and Logistics Department, but she was more drawn to the Department of Maritime Transport and Technology.

According to reports, Egypt aims to boost liquefied natural gas exports by restarting one of its two production plants.

The UK P&I Club’s correspondents in Egypt, Middle East Survey & Control Office (MESCO), inform about the new Customs Law which has come into effect in Egypt by November 12.

Egypt issued amendments concerning the Egyptian customs law and the effects of such changes, focusing on prohibited goods, as well as on the penalties that will follow under the possibility of non compliance.