Egypt has tested a new 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) extension to the Suez Canal as it tries to minimise the impact of currents on ...

Egypt successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway ...

In the early 1850s the French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894) revived earlier French plans to build a canal through the Isthmus of Suez, and, thanks to his good relations with ...

The giant container ship that was blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week finally made it through and shipping traffic started up again. The moon and high tide helped workers more than any machine.

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