Egypt
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Operations
Gas carrier grounds off Egypt
A Liberian-flagged gas carrier ran aground offshore Egypt, prompting a state of emergency over the weekend in anticipation of any…
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Offshore
Shelf Drilling seals two-year jackup extension in Egypt
Oslo-listed jackup rig pure-play Shelf Drilling has secured a two-year contract extension for its Rig 141 unit operating in the…
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Offshore
ADES scores contract extensions for jackup trio in Egypt
Saudi oil and gas driller Advanced Energy Services (ADES) has secured a contract extension for three of its jackup rigs…
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Offshore
Maridive’s Emirati unit lines up $40m asset sale to settle debt
Egyptian OSV player Maridive has announced that its Emirati unit, Ocean Marine UAE, is finalising a deal to sell a…
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Operations
Inchcape buys into Leth Suez Transit
Inchcape Shipping Services has taken a major stake in Leth Suez Transit, a well know Egyptian shipping agency. Under the…
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Operations
Boxship collides with floating bridge in Suez Canal
A Singapore-flagged containership struck a floating bridge on Wednesday in the eastern lane of the Suez Canal after losing control…
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Middle East
Egyptian line makes rare resale move
Egypt’s National Navigation Company (NNC) has been revealed as the taker of a newbuilding that Croatia’s Atlantska Plovidba sold earlier…
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Offshore
Egypt picks Jan de Nul for 1000 km subsea cable to Europe
Egypt has signed an agreement with Jan De Nul Group to start the study for the construction of an undersea…
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Middle East
Egypt emerges as new hub for Russian oil transfers
A new hub is emerging for ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Russian oil. In the shadow tanker game of whac-a-mole where…
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Bunkering
Maersk presses ahead with Egyptian green methanol project
Maersk’s new green methanol-producing subsidiary C2X has inked a framework agreement worth up to $3bn with the Egyptian government to…
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Operations
Tankers collide on the Suez Canal
A gas tanker collided with a product tanker last night on the Suez Canal with the giant 295 m long…
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Operations
Sunken tugboat recovered from Suez Canal
The Suez Canal Authority has successfully recovered the sunken tugboat Fahd which sank following a collision with an LPG carrier.…
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Operations
Suez tugboat sinks following collision with gas carrier
One crewmember died after a Suez Canal tugboat sunk on Saturday having collided with the , an LPG carrier. Traffic…
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Operations
68-page final investigation report into the Ever Given Suez grounding released
The Panamanian registry, which has the on its books, has published its verdict on this decade’s most high-profile shipping accident. …
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Middle East
Bulk carrier grounds along the Suez Canal
A 56,708 dwt supramax bulk carrier grounded early this morning along the Suez Canal with ships then backing up behind…
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Africa
Egypt’s Alkahera taps Dae Sun for MPP pair
Egypt’s Alkahera Company for Ferries and Maritime Transport (KCFMT) has placed an order at South Korean yard, Dae Sun Shipbuilding,…
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Offshore
Subsea 7 and SLB alliance bags BP contract in Egypt
Subsea Integration Alliance, a non-incorporated tie-up between Subsea 7 and SLB’s OneSubsea has been awarded a contract by BP and…
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Ports and Logistics
AD Ports signs multiple agreements in Egypt
Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has signed a concession agreement to develop and operate a multi-purpose port in Safaga in…
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Ports and Logistics
Egypt signs major port deals
Egypt has mapped out its next generation of ports across the country, signing deals yesterday worth $1.6bn to develop container…
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Middle East
Bahri and the Suez Canal Authority look to form shipping JV
Saudi Arabia’s flagship shipping line Bahri has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to…
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