Egypt is struggling with high inflation and dwindling financial reserves. High natural gas prices and increasing LNG exports could help Cairo fill its coffers again. Egypt needs to improve regional Continue Reading
Egypt’s non-oil private sector economy had its worst performance in two years as demand slumped after a sharp spike in prices and the pound’s devaluation while businesses struggled to secure Continue Reading
A worker arranges freshly baked bread for sale at the Al-Monira market in Cairo, Egypt. Sign up for our Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for news on the Continue Reading
Israel may boost gas exports to the EU through Egypt. increased energy trade is an opportunity to improve relations between Brussels and Cairo. Brussels is trying to entice East Med Continue Reading
For decades, vendors sold subsidized Egyptian baladi bread for almost nothing in Al-Sayeda Zeinab market, a bustling hub for this city’s working class. One day last month, there was suddenly Continue Reading
StalkEgypt, often the world’s top wheat buyer, saw a rise in imports of the grain from Russia in March despite supply and payment disruptions following its invasion of Ukraine that Continue Reading
A measure of Egypt’s non-oil economy dropped to the lowest in 21 months as inflationary pressures made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as a weaker currency led Continue Reading
Biden: Expect ‘Real’ Food Shortages Due to Ukraine War Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat buyer, is cutting back on purchases as two of its largest suppliers are embroiled in a Continue Reading
From his job as a Cairo doorman, Mahmoud Farag earns 1,500 Egyptian pounds ($95) each month but it’s no longer enough to adequately feed his family of five. Food prices Continue Reading
Highlights Move due to rise in global trade, healthier ship economics SCA working on canal expansion after the Ever Given incident in 2021 Suez Canal is a strategic route for Continue Reading
AJ-13 is the fifth and final well in the Abu Sennan 2021 drilling program. United Oil & Gas PLC (AIM: UOG) announced on Wednesday that the Al Jahraa-13 (AJ-13) development Continue Reading
Israel, Egypt holding talks on new onshore pipeline -ministry New pipeline expected to cost $200 mln -industry sources Pipeline will boost exports by 3 to 5 bcm/year -industry sources LONDON, Continue Reading
Egypt issues tenders for 17 new desalination plants Eyes adding 2.8 mln cubic metres’ daily desalting capacity To buy water from private plants for subsidised re-sale Emphasis on using solar Continue Reading
Greece and Egypt will this week ink a preliminary deal to build a large electricity cable connecting the two countries, the first such agreement to be signed between Europe and Continue Reading
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla said President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has directed transfer of gas to Lebanon at the nearest possible time. During an interview Continue Reading
Egypt wants to have 43% of power from renewables by 2035 Siemens Energy and the state-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a hydrogen-based Continue Reading
The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for days earlier this year is set to sail Wednesday after its owners reached a multimillion-dollar compensation deal with Egyptian authorities for Continue Reading
Egyptian officials made their most specific allegations against the captain of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March, accusing the skipper of losing control of Continue Reading
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court said Sunday it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the seizure of Continue Reading
Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March. Continue Reading
In the late 90s of the previous century and early years of this century, Egypt in collaboration with international partners started the development of its LNG sector. This resulted in Continue Reading
OPEC’s Fund for International Development is among a group of development banks providing $114 million of loans to build the largest privately-owned solar plant in Egypt. ACWA Power’s 200-megawatt Kom Ombo Continue Reading
Egypt seized the giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as part of an effort to get more than $900 million in compensation. The court in the Continue Reading
Egypt is still in talks about compensation stemming from the operations to free the giant container ship whose stranding in the Suez Canal for nearly a week roiled global cargo Continue Reading
Maersk has warned that customers should not expect a quick return to normal services after the Suez Canal blockage, which the world’s largest shipping company predicts will keep disrupting global Continue Reading
Egypt won’t release the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March until its owners agree to pay as much as a billion dollars in Continue Reading
Tensions are rising between Egypt and Ethiopia as Addis Ababa moves closer to diverting water to a massive hydroelectric project on the Nile that has been a center of a decade-long dispute Continue Reading
All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March had passed through the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog that Continue Reading
Egypt said it may seek around $1 billion in compensation after a giant container vessel blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week and roiled shipping markets. The figure is a Continue Reading
Southbound and northbound traffic on the Suez Canal has recommenced a day after the stricken Ever Given container ship was freed, market sources said March 30. Not registered? Receive daily Continue Reading
Ships were again moving slowly through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, hours after engineers freed the Ever Given and cleared the waterway for global traffic. Shipowners, exporters and importers are now racing Continue Reading
Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks trade and supply chains disrupted by the pandemic. Sign up here . The immediate crisis of the Suez Canal blockage may have Continue Reading
Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be Continue Reading
The mammoth cargo ship blocking one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries was wrenched from the shoreline and set partially afloat again early Monday, raising hopes that traffic could Continue Reading
The Suez Canal remains blocked by the Ever Given cargo vessel for a sixth consecutive day, with more than 320 ships — including crude, product and chemical tankers, dry bulk Continue Reading
The Suez Canal logjam since the week starting March 21, caused by the Ever Given cargo vessel, could potentially increase bunker fuel demand in Singapore as more ships will likely Continue Reading
A giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal could be freed by the start of next week if heavier tugboats, dredging and a high tide succeed in dislodging it, Continue Reading
The Dutch emergency response team hired to free the vast ship blocking the Suez canal has pulled off some dramatic recoveries, including lifting Russia’s Kursk nuclear submarine from the Barents Continue Reading
The US has offered Egypt assistance in unblocking the Suez Canal, as the head of the world’s largest shipping company warned that businesses reliant on just in time supply chains Continue Reading
The forecast for Tuesday, March 23, showed wind gusts of more than 40 miles per hour and sand storms sweeping through northern Egypt. Indeed, such weather is common in the Continue Reading
An abrupt starboard turn in the Atlantic Ocean is the perfect illustration of the trade disruption caused by the blockage of one of the world’s most important waterways. The Marlin Continue Reading
Efforts to dislodge the massive Ever Given container vessel blocking the Suez Canal will take until at least next Wednesday, longer than initially feared, raising the prospect that the incident Continue Reading
Reeling from the blockage in the Suez Canal, shipping rates for oil product tankers have nearly doubled this week, and several vessels were diverted away from the vital waterway as Continue Reading
Ever since the attempted coup in Turkey of 2016, Ankara has become more assertive regarding its near abroad foreign policy. With the rise of the AKP in the early 2000s, Continue Reading
As many as 10 crude tankers carrying around 13 million barrels of oil could be affected by the disrupted traffic in the Suez Canal, which was blocked early on Wednesday Continue Reading
An elite team is set to tackle the monumental challenge of freeing the massive container vessel that’s blocking the Suez Canal, as a backlog of ships continued to build up Continue Reading
Japan’s Shoei Kisen Kaisha, owner of the Ever Given, said March 25 it is currently considering what needs to be done to improve the situation its container vessel, which ran Continue Reading
The blockage of the Suez Canal by a giant container vessel is likely to send ripples of disruption through the global energy supply chain. European and U.S. refiners that rely on the Continue Reading
Eight tug boats were attempting on Wednesday to free a 400m (440-yard) long container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking vessels passing through one of the world’s Continue Reading
The digitalization of subsurface information to collect data and improve production techniques could enhance exploration and drilling processes worldwide, led by Egypt. A new project from The Egyptian Ministry of Continue Reading
