Suez Canal Authority orders 10 RAstar 3200-W ASD tugs
Egypt’s South Red Sea Shipyard has awarded Vancouver, B.C.-based Robert Allan Ltd. a contract for the design of 10 RAstar 3200-W ASD tugs to be built for the Suez Canal Authority. These
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Traffic resumes after Suez Canal collision
According to local media reports, traffic has resumed after a Suez Canal collision involving a 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier and a 115,000 dwt crude oil carrier. Today, Suez Canal Authority (SCA)
Suez Canal tugboat sinks in deadly collision with gas tanker
A salvage team yesterday recovered the body of a crew member from a Suez Canal tugboat that sank after a fatal collision with a gas tanker transiting the canal. The incident occurred
Kongsberg wins Suez Canal salvage tugs contract
Kongsberg Maritime is to provide the design and equipment for two powerful salvage tugs being built for the Suez Canal Authority by Egypt’s Alexandria Shipyard. With a length of 71.6 meters, a
VIDEO: Ever Given returns to Suez Canal
The Suez Canal Authority today released video showing the giant containership Ever Given making an uneventful passage through the canal today as part of the northern convoy. The ship returned to the
Is the criminalization of seafarers on the rise?
For over a year now, the crew of the MV Wakashio has been held by Mauritian authorities following the grounding of the ship and the widespread pollution that followed. At the end
Two more Svitzer tugs will boost Suez Canal towing capabilities
The Suez Canal Authority has just extended its current contract with Maersk group towage specialist Maersk to include two additional tugs. Following the extended shut down of canal traffic that occurred when
Ever Given set to leave Suez Canal
Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper reports that the Ismailia Economic Court today agreed to lift its order impounding the Ever Given, the giant containership that had blocked the Suez canal for nearly a
Ever Given could soon be free to sail
It looks like Ever Given, the giant containership that got wedged across the Suez Canal, may soon be free to leave the Great Bitter Lake, where it has languished since April after
Bernhard Schulte: Ever Given good to go
All that is now preventing the giant containership Ever Given from leaving the Suez Canal is the order impounding it imposed by the Suez Canal Authority pending payment of its claim against