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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Egypt's Anger as Israeli Ship Passes Through Suez Canal

An Israeli warship passing through the Suez Canal has ignited a wave of controversy on social media in Egypt. Tensions escalated after images emerged showing the vessel displaying both Israeli and Egyptian flags. Authorities have responded by emphasizing that all vessels have the right to transit the waterway freely.

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2 months ago

Yeshayahu Gavish, Israeli commander in Six-Day War who occupied Suez and Gaza Strip against orders

The Telegraph

Twelve days later, on June 29 1946, partly in response to the bridge bombings, the British launched “Operation Agatha”, raiding Jewish settlements, arresting activists and collecting illegal weapons. After the 1967 War Gavish was a candidate to replace Yitzhak Rabin as the IDF Chief of Staff, and when he failed to get the job he resigned. In 1973, when Egypt …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mini 'Suez canal crisis' when 260ft cargo ship got wedged in British river may have been caused by 'lapse in concentration' by trainee pilot, report says

Daily Mail

A miniature 'Suez Canal crisis' that occurred on a British river may have been the result of a 'lapse of concentration' by the trainee pilot, an official report has concluded. Her bow and stern ended up on opposite banks, echoing the 2021 Ever Given accident, when the 1,300ft container ship drifted across the entire width of the Suez Canal in …

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3 months ago

Haifa Liberation Day: Over a century-old war memorabilia rests in a family home connected with erstwhile Mysore royals

The Hindu

The role of Mysore Lancers in the liberation of Haifa, an important port city in Israel during World War I, has been well documented. The sword that belonged to Bedouin leader Rizkalla Salim, known for most raids on the Suez Canal and disruption of the movement of ships during World War I, has been with the family of the late …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Cambridgeshire's 'Suez canal crisis' averted as huge timber ship that got wedged in the River Nene is rescued by two tug boats

Daily Mail

Cambridgeshire's 'Suez Canal crisis' was averted last night after a huge timber ship that became wedged in a river was re-floated. Two tug boats took an hour to release the 80-metre long Baltic Arrow at high tide at 9.30pm last night after it became stuck in the River Nene en-route to Wisbech. A cargo ship carrying timber was freed last …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

The dwindling of the Panama Canal boosts rival trade routes

Hindustan Times

IT HAS BEEN an unhappy new year in the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Though at 2,250km it is too long to compete directly with the Panama Canal for global shipping, it may be a useful alternative for Latin American trade with Asia. However, projects like CIIT may still struggle to entice cargo away from the Panama Canal. The Capricorn Bioceanic …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Shipping industry set for tougher times ahead due to Israel-Iran tensions: Experts

The Hindu

The global maritime industry is set for tougher and more challenging times due to the increasing tensions in the Middle East, causing supply chain disruption and increasing the probability of choking shipping routes, experts in Singapore said. Shipping costs have already gone up by three to four times compared to pre-Covid level, Colin Er Wen-Jie, director of the transport department …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Baltimore bridge collapse: the exact wrong lesson to take away from the disaster.

Slate

The wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is still protruding out of the Patapsco River after the structure suffered a massive collision with a container vessel, Dali, which was on its way out of the Port of Baltimore early Tuesday morning. Over the phone, he told me what made the bridge so susceptible to collapse, why …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fatal Houthi rebel attack may be a ‘red line’ in Red Sea shipping crisis

CNN

London CNN — The first fatal attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea since Iran-backed Houthi rebels began targeting ships late last year has laid bare the enormous challenge of restoring safe passage along one of the world’s most important trade routes. Fewer ships appear to be transiting through the Red Sea and adjoining Suez Canal after the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

How Israel’s war on Gaza is bleeding Egypt’s economy

Al Jazeera

Tourism, gas exports and Suez Canal revenues are all suffering, and the crisis in Rafah could make things worse, say analysts. Already facing a deep crisis, Egypt’s economy appears poised to take a hit from Israel’s war on Gaza and the spiralling tensions in the Red Sea, analysts have said. Drop in Suez Canal revenue Since November, Egypt has been …

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10 months ago

Eye on the Middle East | Between the Gulf and the Sea, a changing geopolitical scenario

Hindustan Times

The Red Sea crisis is growing — on February 19, the European Union announced its own naval mission to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden. Even as most Arab states stand by and Iran increases its naval presence in the Red Sea, the immediate mitigating measure for the US and allies has been a kinetic one — to strike …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Gaza conflict impacts tourism with cruise ships cancelled through the Red Sea

ABC

Shipping through the Red Sea has been a focus of escalating conflict in the Middle East and now flow-on effects are being felt throughout another multi-billion dollar industry. "If it's a safety situation and the civil unrest and government and travel bans and travel warnings … are stopping the ships from going there, then they could argue that the changes …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Red Sea crisis | Costs up, but no adverse impact on India's trade so far, says official

The Hindu

There is no adverse impact on India's exports and imports so far due to the Red Sea crisis, an official said. Due to the attacks by Yemen-based Houthi rebels on commercial ships, the movement of goods from the Red Sea, the world's busiest shipping route, has disrupted the global supply chains as vessels have to take long routes for exports …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting global trade. Here’s how it could affect what you buy

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Car factories have idled in Belgium and Germany. “What’s happened right now is short-term chaos, and chaos leads to increased costs,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of the supply chain management company Flexport. Chief executive Stuart Machin said the Red Sea trouble was “impacting everyone and something we’re very focused on.” Roughly 20% of the clothes and shoes imported …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

UN: Global trade is being disrupted by Red Sea attacks, war in Ukraine and low water in Panama Canal

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal. Since attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea began in November, he said, major players in the shipping industry have temporarily …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

42 percent drop in Suez traffic following Huthi attacks: UN

New Indian Express

The volume of commercial traffic passing through the Suez Canal has fallen more than 40 percent in the last two months after attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels, according to the United Nations, raising concerns for global trade. "We are very concerned that the attacks on Red Sea shipping are adding tensions to global trade, exacerbating trade disruptions due to geopolitics …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Centre forms panel to monitor Red Sea crisis effect on India

Hindustan Times

New Delhi The Union government has set up an interministerial group anchored at the commerce ministry to monitor the crisis in the Red Sea, which is witnessing a violent regional spillover of Israel’s war with Hamas that is disrupting global trade, including shipments from India, officials said. FILE PHOTO: Container ships sail across the Gulf of Suez towards the Red …

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11 months, 1 week ago

U.S. strikes Yemen: Are L.A., Long Beach ports ready for cargo surge?

LA Times

The port of Los Angeles, shown here, and Long Beach could see more freight business as shippers seek new routes away from problems at the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s largest cargo complex, are bracing for a business surge created by problems elsewhere: the Suez Canal in Egypt — …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Sainsbury’s in ‘regular talks’ with No10 over Red Sea risk to food prices

The Telegraph

Sainsbury’s is in contact with Downing Street about disruption in the Red Sea, amid fears that attacks on ships by Houthi rebels will disrupt supplies and push up prices. Iranian-backed Houthi forces have mounted a wave of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea since October in protest at Israeli military action in Gaza. ”We’re on regular calls there to …

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11 months, 1 week ago

How the Red Sea crisis could clobber the global economy

CNN

London CNN — Attacks by Iran-backed militants in the Red Sea have effectively closed one of the world’s main trade routes to most container ships — vessels that carry everything from car parts to Crocs from one corner of the globe to another. In a report released Tuesday, the World Bank warned that the disruption to key shipping routes was …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Red Sea crisis poses risk to interest rates, warns Bank of England

The Telegraph

A surge in shipping prices triggered by chaos in the Red Sea poses a threat to interest rates, the Governor of the Bank of England has warned. “I think initially that will be an issue in the monetary policy world.” The chief executive of Sainsbury’s said on Wednesday it was in regular contact with Downing Street amid concerns over disruption …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Houthi attacks close vital Red Sea route for Maersk’s container ships

CNN

London CNN — Maersk announced Friday that it will suspend all shipping through the Red Sea for the “foreseeable future” because of the threat of attacks on vessels using the vital maritime trading route. Maersk’s indefinite pause adds to fears that the febrile security situation in the Red Sea is choking one of the most important trade routes in the …

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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 …

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1 year ago

How Red Sea attacks could affect the seaborne transport of oil, gas cargoes

The Hindu

Several shipping companies and a few liquefied natural gas tankers have decided to avoid the world’s main East-West trade route, following attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on commercial ships at the southern end of the Red Sea. As much as 8.2 million barrels per day of crude oil and oil products traversed the Red Sea over January-November, as per …

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Egypt's Anger as Israeli Ship Passes Through Suez Canal

Yeshayahu Gavish, Israeli commander in Six-Day War who occupied Suez and Gaza Strip against orders

Mini 'Suez canal crisis' when 260ft cargo ship got wedged in British river may have been caused by 'lapse in concentration' by trainee pilot, report says

Haifa Liberation Day: Over a century-old war memorabilia rests in a family home connected with erstwhile Mysore royals

Cambridgeshire's 'Suez canal crisis' averted as huge timber ship that got wedged in the River Nene is rescued by two tug boats

The dwindling of the Panama Canal boosts rival trade routes

Shipping industry set for tougher times ahead due to Israel-Iran tensions: Experts

Baltimore bridge collapse: the exact wrong lesson to take away from the disaster.

Fatal Houthi rebel attack may be a ‘red line’ in Red Sea shipping crisis

How Israel’s war on Gaza is bleeding Egypt’s economy

Eye on the Middle East | Between the Gulf and the Sea, a changing geopolitical scenario

Israel-Gaza conflict impacts tourism with cruise ships cancelled through the Red Sea

Red Sea crisis | Costs up, but no adverse impact on India's trade so far, says official

Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting global trade. Here’s how it could affect what you buy

UN: Global trade is being disrupted by Red Sea attacks, war in Ukraine and low water in Panama Canal

42 percent drop in Suez traffic following Huthi attacks: UN

Centre forms panel to monitor Red Sea crisis effect on India

U.S. strikes Yemen: Are L.A., Long Beach ports ready for cargo surge?

Sainsbury’s in ‘regular talks’ with No10 over Red Sea risk to food prices

How the Red Sea crisis could clobber the global economy

Red Sea crisis poses risk to interest rates, warns Bank of England

Houthi attacks close vital Red Sea route for Maersk’s container ships

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

How Red Sea attacks could affect the seaborne transport of oil, gas cargoes