Container ship traffic through the Suez Canal has decreased by 90% year-on-year in the first week of January, significantly disrupting global trade routes. The diversion of ships to longer routes, ...

As the dynamics of international trade evolve, the canal’s strategic importance as a resilient hub for maritime lanes has opened new opportunities beyond toll collection ...

Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in the city of Ismailia CAIRO (Reuters) -Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on ...

Maersk has completed an initial container ship transit through the Red Sea and the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, a step in the ...

PANIC buying at the start of the Covid crisis stripped shelves of toilet paper but now supplies are again in peril with the Suez Canal blocked by a container ship. With hundreds of ships now in ...

CMA CGM is bringing more eastbound service lines back to the Red Sea in the weeks after the carrier opted to sail ultra-large container ships through the waterway for the first time in two years. The ...

The Red Sea has long been one of the world’s most strategically significant waterways, linking Europe and Asia through the ...

ISMAILIA, EGYPT - JANUARY 10: A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea on January 10, 2024 in Ismailia, Egypt. In the wake of Israel's war on Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, ...

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced a rebound in traffic, with 4,405 vessels transiting between July and October 2025, up from 4,332 during the same period in 2024, including 229 ships resuming ...

The Suez Canal was nearly blocked again after a cargo ship reportedly ran aground, briefly blocking the critical shipping route before it was refloated within about 15 minutes. The Panamanian-flagged ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: For Britain, the Suez Canal was a symbol of imperial prestige, as well as a lifeline to its bases in the Middle East and Persian Gulf. For the French, the issue was ...

In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets ...