CAIRO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued. Rabie's statement said ...

An incredible new extension to the Suez Canal has passed its first test in a bid to turn around the Egyptian waterway's fortunes. Cairo announced it had succeeded in testing the 6.2 mile (10km ...

The Suez Canal expansion ... Osama Rabie, chairman of the canal authority, said the operation of the new section would begin once the Egyptian navy issues new navigational maps.

disrupting global shipping lanes by forcing vessels to avoid the nearby Suez Canal and reroute trade around Africa, raising the costs for insurers. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in ...

It was a bad week for Adm Osama Mounier Mohamed Rabie. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA), which he chairs, was held hostage by the grounding of one of the world's largest container ships, the Ever Given, ...

They continue to navigate around Africa on their way between East Asia and Europe. Resuming routes through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal is still too risky, they believe, despite the Yemeni Houthi ...