Latest in Tag: suez canal Highlight
Latest in Tag: suez canal

NSF Youth tries to stir up support for June protests
Nasserist Party member: 30 June should be a global day of protest against Muslim Brotherhood worldwide

Abdel Ghafar: US to lend expertise to the Suez Canal Corridor Project
Project head believes Suez development will “put Egypt on the world economic map”
Op-Ed Review: Tamarod, electricity and Shura Council
One columnist analyses the Tamarod campaign and sees what the Muslim Brotherhood can learn from it, another addresses the recurring blackouts and who to blame, while the third explains why the Shura council is a scandal in itself. Dr Taha Abdel Alim Lessons from Tamarod campaign Al-Ahram Newspaper Dr Taha Abdel Alim extracts some beneficial …

NSF condemns Suez Canal draft law
National Salvation Front raises five major concerns with proposed law regulating Suez Canal regional development

Fuel bunkering terminal to be constructed on Suez Canal
Contract set to run for 25 years with total investments of EGP 3bn

Howeidy, the Brotherhood, and between them Al-Tayeb
By: Ayman Abd Al-Hafiz “When the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar is invited to a country that is not capable of existing in harmony with Egypt, the country to which Al-Azhar traces its heritage as an institution, this opens the door to doubt and a series of speculations regarding the trip’s motives, a fact which may lead …

Egyptian government asks Turkey for help to revive economy
Discuss use of $1bn Turkish aid, two countries to develop an industrial zone in Egypt says prime minister during visit

Suez Canal toll fees rise
Chairman of Suez Canal Authority attends COMESA meeting

NBE, Banque Misr dump foreign assets
Arab investors nevertheless label Egyptian banking sector ‘promising’

International bid for developments in Gulf of Suez
Qandil expects project will attract over $100bn in investments and create 700,000 new job opportunities

Qandil launches national projects in Suez
Egypt signs agreement with Chinese company EG-TEDA in Suez

Suez Canal revenues reach $398.5 million
Buying and selling Suez Canal ‘a joke’, says Morsi to Al-Jazeera

Qandil in Qatar
Prime minister in Doha to discuss gas supply and investment issues

Suez Canal Authority building to become international museum
Project aims to showcase the history of the Canal

Israel denies link with arms ship seized by Egypt
Egypt said its navy seized an arms-laden ship as it sailed from the Israeli port of Eilat to Togo in West Africa.

Qatar Foreign Minister criticises Egyptian media
Qatari Foreign Minister says Egyptian media tries to set the public against his country, denies attempts to rent pyramids and Suez Canal

Logistics Special: New Marine, Kherafy to create five river ports during next seven years
During an interview with Logistics, the chairman of New Marine and brother of Mohamed Selim Al-Awa, called for the establishment of a holding company to invest in river transport as well as private sector involvement

Fire at a police building in Port Said amid increasing unrest
Unrest increases in Port Said, activists call for disobedience in all canal cities

Morsi introduces massive national projects
President Mohmed Morsi made a television appearance yesterday with TV host Amr El-Leithy where he discussed new massive national projects, controversy about usury from the proposed IMF loan and average Egyptian’s minimum wage.

Minister of Industry: Development of Suez Canal industrial hubs will boost revenues $50bn yearly
Current government plans to develop Suez Canal industrial hubs will increase the canal’s revenues tenfold to reach $50bn yearly, said Minister of Industry and International trade Hatem Saleh.

Shell Egypt, Nile Petroleum sign agreement to market marine lubricants
Nile Petroleum will become the primary distributor of Shell marine lubricants in Egypt, serving ships passing through the Suez Canal

Egypt clarifies relationship with Iran
Foreign minister says there are limitations on Egypt’s relationship with Iran

Morsi allocates EGP 400m for canal provinces
The President will also propose a draft law to the Shura Council to reopen the Port Said Duty Free Zone shut down in 2002

Disobedience enters day 4 in Port Said,reaching Ismailia
Protesters block roads to eastern port and place balloons inscribed with SOS on the Canal

Port Said’s second day of civil disobedience
City entrances closed as disobedience continues despite attempts by Mekki to respond to demands
Iranian tankers funneling Syrian oil through Suez
Despite Morsi’s repeated calls for support for Syrian rebels, Syrian oil is funnelled out of Syria through the Suez
Egyptian-European Council to hold a conference on investment potential
President of the Egyptian-European Council Mohamed Abou El Enein discussed the need to improve security in Egypt, particularly in touristic regions, in addition to increasing the flow of investment into the country by providing incentives to businessmen.

Companies compete for rights to construct canal east of Port Said
Suez Canal Container Company seems closest to winning deal

Sokhna Port reopens after ten days
Presidential advisors intervene

Suez Labour Union demand Dubai Ports World reinstate workers
Dismissal of Al-Sokhna workers illegal