The proposed route map for the canal includes the central Gaza Strip. It will start in Gaza and join the Gulf of Aqaba.

and it will open after new navigational maps are issued. In 2015, Egypt undertook an $8-billion expansion to the waterway, followed by several smaller development projects. The Suez Canal has long ...

Events in the Red Sea and regional challenges cost Egypt around $7 billion in revenues from the Suez Canal in 2024, Egyptian ...

Political officials in Jerusalem have voiced concern over Egypt’s unprecedented military buildup, including the construction of tunnels and bridges over the Suez Canal. These developments, they warn, ...

The project was brought about following the grounding of the Ever Given in 2021, which blocked the waterway for six days and ...

CAIRO: Egypt has tested a new 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) extension to the Suez ... maps are issued, he said. In 2021, giant container ship Ever Given became wedged diagonally in the canal, blocking ...