Egypt
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Containers
Atlantica offloads 1,730-teu boxship to Egypt’s Mahoney
Sources say Norway-based asset player Atlantica Shipping has offloaded the 1996-built, 1,730-teu for a price slightly above $6m to Egypt’s…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins Pharonic Petroleum contract in Egypt
UK-based Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract via a tender process from Pharaonic Petroleum Company in Egypt for the…
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Europe
Eni awarded two exploration licenses in offshore Egypt
Eni has won exploration licenses for blocks at North El Hammad and North Ras El Esh in offshore Egypt in…
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Ports and Logistics
Egypt looking at linking the Mediterranean to Lake Victoria
Egypt, fresh from expanding the Suez Canal, is now eyeing developing the Nile River in a dramatic fashion, something that…
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Gas
Dredging delays see BW’s Egyptian FSRU contract start late
BW’s FSRU, which has arrived in Egypt, for a five-year charter, will start operations late as the berth at Sokhna…
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Europe
Eni makes huge Egypt gas find
Italian oil and gas giant Eni has made a “world class supergiant” gas discovery off Egypt at its Zohr Prospect,…
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Middle East
Egypt opens enlarged Suez Canal
Amid exceptionally tight security, Egypt will open an expansion to the Suez Canal today with dignitaries from around the world…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins EPIC Egypt contract
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has been awarded an EPIC contract worth around $500m from BP and it’s partner DEA for work…
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Middle East
Channel to be built to open up East Port Said
As part of the revamp of the Suez Canal, a new side channel costing some $60m will be build around…
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Middle East
21 dead in Nile collision
Cairo: An unidentified cargo ship collided with a passenger vessel on the Nile late last night killing 21 people who…
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Middle East
Expanded Suez Canal begins trial operations
Athens: Trial operations will begin on the new Suez Canal expansion project this Saturday, before the new channel is officially inaugurated on…
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Contributions
Suez alert: the terrorist threat to shipping
Kevin Doherty from Nexus Consulting warns authorities in Egypt are covering up a severe terrorist threat to shipping. The UN…
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Middle East
Egyptian authorities arrest Suez Canal bomb plot suspects
Cairo: Just hours after Splash reported that Islamic State is intending to target the newly expanded Suez Canal, reports have emerged…
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Middle East
Islamic State targets the Suez Canal’s big reopening
Cairo: Today marks exactly one month until the official opening of the newly expanded Suez Canal, and sources in Cairo,…
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Middle East
Ro-ro vessel goes down off Egyptian port of Safaga
Cairo: Egyptian ro-ro cargo vessel Taba (3,133 dwt, built 1985) capsized in the Red Sea around 20nm from Safaga Port…
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Middle East
August date set for new Suez Canal opening
Cairo: August 6 has been announced as the official launch date for the new expanded Suez Canal. Egyptian president Abdel…
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Gas
Egypt issues tender for second FSRU
Cairo: Egypt has issued a five-year tender to lease a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Eight international firms…
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Containers
Fire doused on giant Hanjin boxship transiting Suez Canal
Cairo: The Suez Canal Authority deployed five emergency response vessels yesterday to battle a big fire on a giant Hanjin…
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Gas
Höegh LNG FSRU commences operations in Egypt
Oslo: Höegh LNG has said that floating storage and regasification unit Höegh Gallant has commenced commercial operations at the LNG…
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Middle East
New police force tasked with protecting Suez Canal
Cairo: Egypt is setting up a new police force specifically tasked with protecting the Suez Canal, following continued threats to…
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