Houthi attacks: New Zealand to send defence team to secure Red Sea shipping
Wellington: The New Zealand government decided on Tuesday to send a small defence team to the Middle East to safeguard Red Sea shipping, but the country's opposition party said the deployment will further inflame tensions in the region.
US ensures safe shipping despite Houthi attacks in Red Sea, Suez Canal
Washington: The United States is taking steps to reassure shipping companies that it is safe to use the Red Sea and Suez Canal for cargo deliveries amid continued attacks by the Houthis, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
Cairo: A curd oil tanker named Seavigour, bearing the flag of Malta, suffered a mechanical breakdown at the 12-kilometer mark of Egypt's Suez Canal on Sunday, AP reported citing Egyptian authorities.
Traffic resumes in Suez Canal after giant stranded ship refloated
Cairo/IBNS: Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship blocking the waterway has been refloated in the early hours.
Russia highlights Northern Sea route's potential after Suez Canal mishap
Moscow/Sputnik: The Northern Sea Route (NSR), which runs along Russia’s Arctic coast, dramatically slashes journey times for goods shipped from Asia to Europe and has a huge potential to ramp up cargo traffic, the Russian Ministry of Energy said on Monday after a stranded megaship caused almost a week-long shutdown of the Suez Canal.
President of Egypt says operation to unblock Suez Canal successfully ended
Cairo/Sputnik: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi said on Monday that an operation to refloat giant container ship Ever Given that was stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal has successfully ended.
Suez Canal blockage : Stranded container ship Ever Given re-floated, says Inch Cape
Cairo/IBNS: Ever Given, the stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal, has been refloated in the early hours of Monday and is currently being secured, Inch Cape Shipping Services tweeted.
Suez Canal will work round the clock to get all ships through after unblocking : Source
Cairo/Sputnik: The Suez Canal will be working 24/7 after it is unblocked, in order to let through all the vessels that are now waiting for the Ever Given container ship to be moved, a source in the Gulf Agency Company (GAC), the canal’s operator, told Sputnik.
Container ship blocking Suez Canal could be relocated tonight : Source
Cairo/Sputnik: The Ever Given container ship that is blocking the Suez Canal could be moved as soon as tonight, during high tide, a source in the Suez Canal administration told Sputnik.
Turkey ready to help tow giant cargo ship stranded in Suez Canal for 3 days - Minister
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu on Friday expressed Ankara's readiness to provide assistance in an operation to refloat the giant container ship Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal for three days to unblock one of the world's busiest trade routes.
Huge container ship blocks Egypt's Suez Canal after running aground
Cairo/UNI: Egypt's Suez Canal, one of the world's busiest trade routes found itself blocked on Tuesday, when a huge container ship ran aground.