Suez Canal | Linking the East with the West
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal | Linking the East with the West

The Hindu  

The last time the Suez Canal was closed for navigation was in 1967,after the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations broke out. The 193-km-long canal across Egypt’s Isthmus of Suez connecting the Mediterranean Sea in the north and the Red Sea in south — thereby bringing the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean closer — has been a critical artery for global trade since the mid-19th century. Pharaoh Senausret III built the first canal linking the Erythraean Sea in the south to the Nile river in the north and thereby opening a waterway to the Mediterranean. In the mid-19th century, French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps won permission from Egypt’s Ottoman-appointed ruler Said Pasha to start building the canal. Since then, France and Britain operated the canal, until Egypt’s socialist President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised it in 1956.

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Ships Diverted From Suez Canal Due To Houthi Attacks, Disrupting Global Trade
1 year ago

Ships Diverted From Suez Canal Due To Houthi Attacks, Disrupting Global Trade

ABP News  

Over 100 container ships were rerouted around southern Africa to avoid the Suez Canal as Houthi rebels attacked vessels on the western coast of Yemen, disrupting global trade. According to The Guardian, Kuehne and Nagel, a shipping company, identified 103 ships that had changed their routes, with more expected to go around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Around 19,000 …

Suez Canal Traffic Back to 'Normal' After Stuck Vessel Refloated
1 year, 11 months ago

Suez Canal Traffic Back to 'Normal' After Stuck Vessel Refloated

News 18  

Suez Canal maritime traffic was “normal” Monday after a Norwegian-owned cargo vessel ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. Tugboats “have begun towing the ship” which had suffered “a sudden technical failure” and was now being safely towed away for repairs, said Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie. Fears of …

Suez Canal Turns 152: A Timeline of the Evergiven Getting Stuck
3 years, 1 month ago

Suez Canal Turns 152: A Timeline of the Evergiven Getting Stuck

News 18  

The Suez Canal was officially inaugurated on this day in 1869. While the canal was opened in 1869, it came back on world news in March 2021, after a container ship, named ‘Ever Given’ got stuck in it for almost a week. From getting stuck to finally getting free, here’s a timeline of the Ever Given crisis: March 23: Ever …

Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
3 years, 7 months ago

Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March. The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, announced details of the plan in a televised ceremony in the canal’s city of Ismailia. The plan …

Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked
3 years, 8 months ago

Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked

News 18  

The traffic congestion caused by a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week continued to ease on Friday, with the number of ships waiting to transit falling to 206, canal services firm Leth Agencies said, from over 300 three days ago. On Monday, salvage teams freed the skyscraper-sized container ship, ending a crisis that had clogged …

Suez Canal: Everything we know about the Ever Given ship
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal: Everything we know about the Ever Given ship

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The massive container ship blocking …

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal

Hindustan Times  

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways. The crisis over the Ever Given had cast a spotlight on the vital trade …

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage

Al Jazeera  

Experts have boarded the container ship Ever Given, which was dislodged on Monday six days after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, seeking to investigate what caused the grounding that shook the global shipping industry. Suez Canal service provider Leth Agencies said that more than three dozen vessels that waited for the Ever Given to be freed had already …

Suez Canal blockage costing millions daily, further complicated by rocks under the ship's bow
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal blockage costing millions daily, further complicated by rocks under the ship's bow

ABC  

Two additional tugboats have been deployed to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. Key points: The Suez Canal accounts for around 15 per cent of global shipping traffic …

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt

Hindustan Times  

A new attempt could be made Sunday to re-float the 400-meter-long container ship blocking the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority’s chief declined to set a timetable for re-floating the ship and said the task remains “difficult.” The pile-up of ships is creating another problem for global supply chains already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. Highlights: Two more tugs will …

Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal has moved, but it's still unclear when it will be freed
3 years, 8 months ago

Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal has moved, but it's still unclear when it will be freed

ABC  

Efforts to dislodge a giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal progressed overnight, with its stern and rudder moving, but it remained unclear when the Ever Given could be refloated, the head of the canal authority said. Key points: Boskalis and Smit Salvage warned that using too much force to tug the ship could damage it The SCA said 321 …

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

India Today  

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. An official at the Suez Canal Authority said the authority planned to make at least two attempts Saturday to free the vessel when the …

Why a Canal Built in 1869 Is More Important Than Ever
3 years, 8 months ago

Why a Canal Built in 1869 Is More Important Than Ever

Bloomberg  

The Suez Canal, which cuts through Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and Red seas, is so important to world trade that world powers have fought over it since it was completed in 1869. That strategic shipping lane was completely blocked on March 23, when the heavily laden cargo ship Ever Given, longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, went askew …

When was the Suez Canal opened? - A brief history
3 years, 8 months ago

When was the Suez Canal opened? - A brief history

The Independent  

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Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
3 years, 9 months ago

Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

India TV News  

A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said. The ship had two pilots from Egypt’s canal authority aboard the vessel to guide it when the grounding happened around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, the …

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Campbell University, a former merchant mariner and contributor to gCaptain maritime. A 59-meter--wide container ship called the Ever Given rammed into the eastern bank of the 120-mile-long Suez Canal. As Ever Given remains firmly across the canal, shipping companies will have to fathom the option of sending …

Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident
3 years, 9 months ago

Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident

India Today  

The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 metre long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, with eight tugs working to straighten the ship. The Ever Given vessel, almost as long as the Empire State Building is high, ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern …

Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways
3 years, 9 months ago

Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways

India Today  

The Suez Canal, one of the world's most important artificial waterways, remained blocked on Thursday after a container ship wedged on Tuesday. Satellite image shows grounded vessel in the Suez Canal. "The Suez Canal will not spare any efforts to ensure the restoration of navigation and to serve the movement of global trade," the Associated Press quoted Lt. Gen. Ossama …

Cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal affects shipping worldwide
3 years, 9 months ago

Cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal affects shipping worldwide

Al Jazeera  

Efforts to free the ship using dredgers have yet to push the container vessel free, affecting billions of dollars worth of cargo. The Panama-flagged Ever Given ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority said in a …

Suez Canal navigation temporarily suspended as efforts continue to refloat stuck container ship
3 years, 9 months ago

Suez Canal navigation temporarily suspended as efforts continue to refloat stuck container ship

India Today  

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority on Thursday said that it is “temporarily suspending navigation” through one of the world’s busiest waterway until the grounded container vessel MV Ever Given is refloated. SEE | Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways OVERWHELMING TASK Authorities are facing difficulties in refloating the ship due to its massive size. Earlier …

Suez Canal blocked as ‘mega ship’ Ever Given gets stuck
3 years, 9 months ago

Suez Canal blocked as ‘mega ship’ Ever Given gets stuck

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A giant container ship ran …

Egypt’s Suez Canal: A history of the key route
3 years, 9 months ago

Egypt’s Suez Canal: A history of the key route

Al Jazeera  

Here is a look back at stages in the enlargement of the key waterway for international maritime trade. Egypt’s Suez Canal, where frantic efforts were being made on Wednesday to free a giant container ship, opened 150 years ago. It could accommodate ships weighing up to 5,000 tonnes with a draft of up to 6.7 metres, which was the bulk …

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