Egyptian authorities say an oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crewmen and leaving four ...

The waterway closed 1967 due to the Six Day War, reopened 1975 About 7.5% of world sea trade is carried via the canal today Receipts from the canal July 2005 to May 2006 totalled $3,246m In 2005, ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued.

CAIRO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued.

A locator map for the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, with its capital, Cairo. A cargo ship in Egypt's Suez Canal was grounded early on Monday, but it was refloated. (AP Photo) ...

How the Suez Canal changed the world - Lucia Carminati Watch on The idea was ancient, likely dating to the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret III , who envisioned and commissioned a similar ...

Though a reopened Suez might have a diminished role in world trade, it would still be very busy. Freighters, liners and warships making up 80% of the world’s tonnage could travel it fully loaded ...