Maritime News

Published Mar 29, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced today, Monday 29th March, 2021, that the Panamanian container ship has been successfully refloated. This was the result of successful push and tow maneuvers which led to the […]

Published Apr 26, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. Osama Rabie” We Have Provided Great Facilities for The Success of the Negotiations with the Owning Company of the Panamanian-Flagged Container Ship EVER Given” The Suez Canal Authority Chairman and Managing Director, Osama Rabie” We Have Provided Great Facilities for The Success of […]

Published May 20, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. Chairman and Managing Director of the (SCA), Osama Rabie, Witnesses the Commencement of The Dredging Works at the Site of the Canal Duplication Project Taking Place at the Small Bitter Lakes Chairman and managing director of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, witnesses […]

Published Sept 29, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. Adm.Rabiee, announced that traffic through the Canal has witnessed the highest daily record in the number of transits – 87 vessels at a total net tonnage of 4.8 million tons Adm. Ossama Rabiee, Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority, announced […]

Published Oct 29, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. A study issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research of the United States of America highlighted the strategic importance of the Suez Canal and its great impact on global trade and the maritime transport industry. The study concluded that the Suez Canal […]

Published Nov 4, 2021 by SCA – Suez Canal Authority official website. Admiral Rabea: “Increasing the transit tolls of all the types of transiting ships through the canal with 6% during 2022 and fixing/ stabilizing the tolls of LNG ships and cruise ships only” Suez Canal Authority issued new resolutions concerning the fees of the […]

Published Aug 3, 2021 by The Maritime Executive. The IMO’s Legal Committee has reported an alarming uptick in the number of seafarer abandonment cases since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Between January 2020 and this April, the ILO/IMO joint database on abandonment recorded 111 new cases. 85 of these  cases in 2020 […]

Published Mar 29, 2021 by The Maritime Executive. The grounded container ship Ever Given has been freed and removed, ending a six-day ordeal which delayed tens of billions of dollars in trade. Shortly after daybreak on Monday, the Suez Canal Authority and operator Evergreen confirmed that the vessel has shifted position but was not yet fully […]

Published Jul 7, 2021 by The Maritime Executive. The container ship Ever Given has finally sailed from her anchorage in the Suez Canal’s Great Bitter Lake, ending a months-long period of detention imposed by Egyptian authorities after her grounding in the canal’s southern section. Last month, shipowner Shoei Kisen Kaisha and insurer UK P&I Club reached […]

Published Oct 1, 2021 by The Maritime Executive. The Suez Canal Authority has shattered its record for the daily number of ships passing through the strategic waterway. On Wednesday, it handled a total of 87 vessels, easily surpassing the previous record of 75, which was set on February 6, 2019. Vessels with a total tonnage of 4.8 million dwt […]