Egypt

SUEZ, Egypt, March 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 321 vessels are currently jammed around Egypt's Suez Canal awaiting salvage of the giant container ship Ever Given that has been stuck and blocking the vital waterway since Tuesday, Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said Saturday.

"The number of ships waiting now, whether in the north, the south or in the Lakes is 321. We provide them with all the logistic services they ask for," the SCA chief told a press conference in the northeastern province of Suez.

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free.

CAIRO, March 27. /TASS/. Two passenger trains crashed in the south of Egypt, killing 19 people, another 185 were injured, the country’s Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced on Saturday during a press conference.

26 Mar 2021; MEMO: Two trains collided in Egypt today causing 32 deaths and dozens of casualties after emergency brakes were triggered by "unknown individuals" near the city of Sohag, Reuters reported the railway authority saying.

The brakes caused one of the trains to stop and the other to crash into it from behind, and the authority is conducting further investigations, it said.

The Ministry of Health said at least 32 people were killed and 66 injured as a result of the crash.

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — The company that owns the giant container ship stuck sideways across the Suez Canal said an attempt will be made to refloat the vessel by taking advantage of tidal movements later Saturday.

The Ever Given, owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, got wedged Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal, about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) north of the southern entrance, near the city of Suez.

CAIRO, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 32 people died and 66 others were injured after two passenger trains collided in Egypt on Friday, the health ministry said.

A statement said dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene in the Tahta district of Sohag province, about 460km south of the capital Cairo.

“32 people were killed and 66 injured” and transported to hospital, the statement said.

Video footage showed several carriages overturned.

Pictures on local media showed train carriages derailed above a channel of water.

25 Mar 2021; MEMO: According to a financial estimate issued by a prominent banking institution, the losses incurred by Egypt after the Suez Canal was blocked by the Ever Given cargo ship are estimated at about $400 million per hour.

According to Lloyd's List calculations, westbound traffic is worth about $5.1 billion per day and eastbound traffic roughly $4.5 billion.

According to navigation data collected by Bloomberg, 185 vessels are currently waiting to cross the canal.

25 Mar 2021; MEMO: A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a "beached whale" sent new shockwaves through global trade today as officials stopped all ships entering the channel and the salvage company said it may take weeks to free, Reuters reported.

Ismailia (Egypt), Mar 26 (AP-PTI) A giant container ship remained stuck sideways Friday in Egypt's Suez Canal, as authorities race to free the vessel and reopen traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping.

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula.

CAIRO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a matter of presence that impacts the life of millions of Egyptians, the presidency office said in a statement.

"I confirm the necessity of reaching as soon as possible a legally binding deal that organizes the process of filling and operating the GERD," Sisi said in a meeting with the visiting Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye.