Tag: Suez Canal

An LNG carrier ran aground in the Suez Canal, on February 1, but did not pose any threat to maritime traffic through the waterway.

As part of its efforts to transition into a green canal, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to provide a cooperation framework in the areas of environmental sustainability and decarbonisation.

Suez Canal maritime traffic continued under normal conditions on January 9, after a Norwegian-owned cargo vessel ran aground, before being refloated and towed away.

National Marine Dredging has won a $272-million contract to dredge a section of the Suez Canal where the Panamanian container ship Ever Given ran aground in 2021.

The Suez Canal Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) to provide a framework for cooperation in common fields, affirming the Authority’s keenness to interact with international institutions to ensure transparency and enhance integrity procedures and standards of maritime transactions and related port operations.

As part of a USD 500 million investment deal, the Suez Canal Container Terminal will add an extra 955-metre berth and an additional 510,000 m2 container yard to the already existing 2,400 meter berth and 1.2 million m2 yard.

A London judge ruled that a panamax bulker was involved in two collisions just 13 hours apart in the Suez canal after failing to moor properly after the first pile-up.

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Mr. Yuichi Sonoda, ASA Secretary General, refers to key challenges and urges industry to look for innovators, creative thinkers, and a diverse set of skills to move forward.

Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), Maersk, and Siemens Energy, met to discuss localisation of the green hydrogen industry and its complementary industries.

The crude oil tanker "Affinity V" ran aground in the Suez Canal on August 31, backing up maritime traffic, according to local media and analysis of the ship's location in vessel tracking software. The vessel has now been released and is back on course.