Maersk this week contradicted a consultant’s report that one of its vessels made a recent transit of a violence-plagued ...

CAIRO, Egypt — A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly ran aground Thursday in Egypt's vital Suez Canal, though authorities said they were able to refloat it after it momentarily disrupted the waterway. The ...

Egypt is stepping up efforts to position itself as a gateway to Africa’s fast-growing consumer market, urging South Korean ...

Iran has been widely condemned for demanding up to $2 million per transit through the Strait of Hormuz. DW explores the ...

SUEZ, Egypt — A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels outside the Suez Canal and others began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Egypt's Suez Canal resumes normal traffic after collision CAIRO (Reuters) - The new stretch of the Suez Canal near Egypt's Little ...

Cairo: The Suez Canal may have incurred heavy losses due to regional tensions and instability in recent years — from the war in Gaza to the conflict involving Iran — those same disruptions have ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal plunged by almost two thirds last year, officials said Wednesday, attributing the sharp drop to regional tensions and wars in the Middle East that have ...

Moscow-based Argo Tanker Group played no role in getting master of ship home after it was detained over unpaid Suez ...

Global famine fears are rising as the Strait of Hormuz crisis strains food supply chains, drives up fertilizer prices and ...

Why the Suez Canal is so important -- and why its blockage could be so damaging Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been one of the world's most important bodies of water; a portal ...

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. About 12% of world trade by volume passes through the man-made channel connecting Europe and Asia. So, a traffic jam like the one caused by ...