In the coming days Egypt will inaugurate a new wharf for natural gas and petroleum product tankers on the Gulf of Suez. SUMED, which has operated two pipelines from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, will build the new wharf.
The 2.5 km wharf will have three berths to receive natural gas and petroleum products carriers. "The country has beenRead more
Egyptian parliamentarian Mohamed Desouki revealed that he was one of the first those people who demanded the participation of the private sector in the railway system, in the wake of the painful incident that occurred in Alexandria a few days ago as a result of the collision of two trains, which killed a large number of citizens and injuring others.Read more
The construction of the King Salman Bridge between Saudi Arabia and Egypt has been described as the largest project in the world by Egyptian transport minister Hashim Arafat.
The minister told Al Arabiya TV that the Suez Canal Bridge, completed in 2001, will be connected to the new bridge. The project, however, will require geological, environmental and seismic studies.
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Egypt’s interior ministry identified suicide bomber in Alexandria church attack as 31-year-old Mohamed Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, a resident of Suez province, a statement said on Wednesday.
Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17 people as mass was being conducted. Hours earlier, another bomb tore through a churchRead more
A landmine exploded Thursday in Suez, leaving four people injured.
The exploded landmine is a remnant of war, Suez Security Chief Maj. Gen. Mostafa Shehata said.
Sappers have been deployed to search for any remnant explosives.
Ambulances carried the injured to hospital, Shehata added.
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A man in the Egyptian city of Suez is alleged to have his killed mother because she had asked him to perform the ritual of wudhu’ before the dawn prayer, according to police officials.
Wudhu’ is the Islamic procedure for washing parts of the body before prayer.
The Suez security chief was made aware of the murder of a womanRead more
A new residential city in Suez will be named after late Nobel laureate Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail, Suez Governor Ahmed el Hayatemy said.
Zewail, who passed away on August 2 at the age of 70, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1999 for his development in femtoscience, which made it possible to the observe atoms in motion at anRead more
Suez Canal Authority revenues increased by 2.7 percent to hit 3,678.5 million SDR in 2015 compared to 3,590.7 million in 2014, according to a report on international trade indicators issued by the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center.
The authority has also realized positive growth hitting 0.6 percent to reach 882.4 million SDR during the first quarter of 2016, comparedRead more
Fifty-six ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, with a total cargo of 3.3 million tons.
The south-bound convoy included 23 vessels carrying 1.3 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 33 ships carrying 2 million tons, according to the Suez Canal Authority.
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Forty six ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, with a total cargo of 2.9 million tons.
The south-bound convoy included 19 vessels carrying 1.3 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 27 ships carrying 1.6 million tons, according to a statement issued by the Suez Canal Authority.Read more