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 ...
When the Ever Given, one of the world’s largest cargo ships, ran aground in the Suez Canal, global trade stopped overnight. For six days, hundreds of ships carrying billions in goods were trapped on ...
President Donald Trump 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 waterway shortcuts.