The expansion will boost the canal’s capacity by an additional 6 to 8 ships daily and enhance its ability to handle potential emergencies. (EPA Images pic) Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully ...

Egypt began the first trial of the new Suez Canal on Saturday, with three container ships beginning to traverse the channel, state news agency MENA reported. The official opening of the new ...

The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened to traffic on Monday, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship got stuck and blocked a major artery for global trade.

Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway has plunged since Yemen's Houthi militants began ...

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without incident. Following the 2021 grounding of the ...