The Suez Canal Authority emphasized that despite the recent Red Sea crisis, no alternative trade route has proven sustainable ...

The route improved significantly between the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and its nationalisation in 1956. These increased the canal's depth to 13.5m and widened it from 22m to 42m.

Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable route to ...

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has issued updated navigation charts, signaling the operational launch of the expanded section in the Little Bitter Lake, a key component of the canal’s southern sector ...

CAIRO (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 that ...

Despite attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants disrupting shipping lanes, Suez Canal Authority assures the canal remains ...

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Egypt's Suez Canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and is the fastest way to ship fuel, food and consumer goods from Asia and the Middle East to Europe. Shippers use the route to ferry ...

Many ships are now being rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope, and shipping companies are being forced to change their usual route via the Suez Canal. "Given the large number of ships being ...