In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

An illustration of opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On November 17, 1869, the esteemed guests of Ismaʻil Pasha, Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, gathered on the ...

The Suez and Panama Canals are among the most important sea trade routes in the world. In 2022 alone, almost 23,900 ships transported around 1.4 billion tons of freight through the 193-kilometre-long ...

The Ever Given's owners reached an agreement with the Suez Canal Authority. A giant container ship that blocked traffic in Suez Canal for six days earlier this year was finally set free on Wednesday ...

Egypt is carrying out a feasibility study on further expanding the Suez Canal in a push to speed up transit times and avert potential blockages in a waterway that carries 12% of global maritime trade.