CAIRO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued. Rabie's statement said ...

The new stretch of the Suez Canal near Egypt's Little Bitter Lake will be operational in the first quarter of this year, the chairman of the canal authority Osama Rabie said on Tuesday.

Revenue from the Suez Canal is a major source of income for Egypt, which is already in the midst of a financial crisis. (Israel will be less affected, with only about 5% of its trade passing ...

An illustration of opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On November 17, 1869, the esteemed guests of Ismaʻil Pasha, Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, gathered on the ...

Tourists passed by a cargo ship waiting to enter the Panama Canal last month. martin bernetti/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By Costas Paris March 10, 2024 12:01 am ET Share ...

Satellite imagery captured the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales passing through Egypt's Suez Canal as it led a naval strike group on a mission to the western Pacific Ocean. The British ...

And cargo ships plying the Europe-Asia route through the Suez Canal can take the long way around Africa. Those alternatives are often slower—adding up to 15 days on some Europe-Asia routes—and ...

President Trump said Saturday that American commercial and military ships should not have to pay to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal. “American Ships, both Military and Commercial ...

President Donald Trump on April 26 said US commercial and military vessels should be able to travel without charge through the Panama and Suez Canals, two of the world’s most important waterways.

Meanwhile, the Besiktas is a Panamanian-flagged bulk cargo ship that had just passed through the Suez Canal and was on its way to a port in Romania, according to ship tracking websites. The cargo ...