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Suez Canal Economic Zone celebrates concession for Container Terminal 2 in East Port Said
The General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) celebrated the announcement of the concession contract for Container Terminal No. 2 in East Port Said Port to the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT). APM Terminals is the majority …
Sep 4, 2023 / Curious
Suez Canal tugboat sinks after collision with tanker
A Suez Canal tugboat sank on Saturday and one of its crew was missing after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker though shipping traffic in the strategically important waterway was largely unaffected, the canal authority said. Convoys of …
Aug 8, 2023 / Accidents
Kongsberg Maritime to provide design and technology for new tugboats to help secure the Suez Canal
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to provide the design and equipment for two powerful salvage tugs being built by Alexandria Shipyard as main contractor on behalf of the Suez Canal Authority. The tugs will be based on Kongsberg Maritime’s UT 722 …
Jun 7, 2023 / Curious
Minerva Bunkering Launches Service in the Suez Canal and Egyptian Ports
Minerva Bunkering has completed its first ten bunker deliveries in Egypt, including to Hafnia’s MV Hafnia Azurite and Cargill Ocean Transportation’s MV Gat Feeling. Deliveries have been performed for vessels awaiting northbound and southbound …
Jun 5, 2023 / Curious
Ship briefly runs aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, is later refloated
Hong Kong-flagged Xin Hai Tong 23 is quickly rescued and taken elsewhere by tugboats, in incident reminiscent of 6-day clogging of critical waterway by Ever Given vessel A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly ran aground Thursday in Egypt’s vital Suez …
May 26, 2023 / Accidents
Admiral Ossama Rabiee “107 vessels transited the Canal as the highest record in the history of the Suez Canal”
Adm. Ossama Rabiee, Suez Canal Authority’s Chairman announced that navigation through the Canal has recorded an unprecedented record number in terms of daily transits achieving the highest number of vessels transiting the Canal by 107 vessels from …
Mar 13, 2023 / Curious
Bahri inks non-binding MoU with Suez Canal Authority for cooperation in establishing a joint venture
Driven by its commitment to exploring regional cooperation horizons to achieve its growth objectives and enhance its global position, Bahri, the national shipping company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a global leader in transportation and …
Mar 5, 2023 / Curious
Suez Canal Authority Collaborates with ABS to Develop a Roadmap for the Green Canal Program by 2030
ABS and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a long-term sustainability roadmap and decarbonization strategy for the canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. The MoU will see ABS and SCA work …
Jan 16, 2023 / Curious
Suez Canal Container Terminal signs expansion agreement with Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority
As part of a USD 500 million investment deal, the Suez Canal Container Terminal will add an extra 955-metre berth and an additional 510,000 m2 container yard to the already existing 2,400 meter berth and 1.2 million m2 yard. On November 15, …
Nov 18, 2022 / Curious
SCZONE signs 2 contracts for a multi-purpose terminal and the industrial zone development in East Port-Said port
Within the framework of the integration strategy between the industrial zones and the affiliated ports pursued by the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), Mr. Waleid Gamal El-Dein, Chairman of SCZONE, signed a contract for “the development of an …
Nov 16, 2022 / Curious