Works are currently under way to expand the southern, single-lane section of the canal, after a giant container ship ran aground there in 2021, blocking traffic through the waterway for six days.

It is the result of a collaboration between Japan and Egypt. on Janvier 20, 2017 in Suez Canal, Red sea, Egypt. (Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images) ...

The Suez Canal, a critical global shipping route, has seen a dramatic drop in container ship traffic due to Houthi rebel attacks, leading to increased shipping costs and stoking fears of an uptick ...

Obviously, there’s a lot of impacts as a result of that.” Hapag-Lloyd on Dec. 18 became one of several container shipping companies to suspend operations in the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.

Red Sea shipping disruptions have pushed shipping rates by as much as 400% for some routes, as traffic through the Suez Canal has fallen nearly 64% so far this year. Rerouting traffic around ...

At the spot where Ever Given ran aground, the Suez Canal is around 200 meters across, so a fully loaded, 400-meter-long container ship wedged hard diagonally across the canal immediately presented ...