Egyptian ports handled 233 million tons of cargo and 11.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, up 12 percent and 25 percent year on year, respectively, Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir said Sunday.
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Suez Canal traffic rose 27 percent year-on-year in August, with 1,358 vessels transiting the waterway and revenues climbing to $567.1 million, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie said.
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Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie called for unconventional solutions to the challenges facing international shipping, stressing the need to improve maritime institutions’ operational efficiency and strengthen their ability to withstand unprecedented pressures.
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Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sewilam, toured Red Sea mangrove sites in Hamata on Saturday, marking the completion of a 50,000-tree planting drive and ordering a study on mangrove-based coastal protection.
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Four people were killed and nine others injured on Saturday when a microbus collided with a private car on the Wadi Feiran Road in Abu Redis, South Sinai.
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Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir inspected on Saturday the development and expansion works at the Al-Arish seaport, noting its important role in achieving the comprehensive development process in Sinai and facilitating trade between Europe and Asia.
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EgyptAir has won the Skytrax award for “The World’s Most Improved Airline” for 2026, according to the global Skytrax ranking, during the World Airline Awards 2026 ceremony held in the British capital London, in the presence of a number of leaders and officials from the global air transport industry.
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi congratulated Egypt’s aviation sector, as well as the state’s national carrier EgyptAir, on receiving the Skytrax award for “The World’s Most Improved Airline” for 2026 on Friday.
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Seventy years after Egyptian pilots kept ships moving through the Suez Canal following the withdrawal of foreign personnel in September 1956, Pilots’ Day commemorates a defining assertion of Egypt’s control over the strategic waterway and the enduring role of its pilots in maintaining navigation through changing regional challenges.
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The COSCO-affiliated container ship OOCL PORTUGAL crossed the Suez Canal for the first time on Wednesday, sailing from Belgium to China as the authority reported a rise in container-ship tonnage.
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Forty-five vessels transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, representing a combined net tonnage of 2.2 million tonnes, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
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Cairo International Airport ranked Africa’s busiest airport by scheduled seat capacity in September, with 1.79 million seats, up 11.2 percent from September 2025, while Addis Ababa Bole International Airport ranked second with 1.19 million seats, according to the latest data from aviation analytics provider OAG, cited by the Egyptian cabinet on Tuesday.
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Egyptian Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mahmoud Esmat held talks on Tuesday with Ksenia Sukhotina, director general of Rosatom Smart Utilities, on a proposed seawater desalination project at the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant site.
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Egypt has begun trial operations at the first phase of a general cargo and dry bulk terminal at Ain Sokhna Port, receiving the vessel GAMBELLA carrying 1,460 metric tons of battery units for an energy storage system, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday.
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Cairo Airport Company said Monday that the $15 Fast Track service at Cairo International Airport is optional and can be purchased separately, responding to media and social media criticism of the charge.
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Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday ordered governors to strictly enforce a ban on felling trees without prior approval from the local development and environment minister.
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Danish shipping giant Maersk said on Monday that four more of its joint container services with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd will resume sailing through the Suez Canal, as both companies gradually return to the key Asia-Europe route.
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Al-Azhar's Global Centre for Electronic Fatwa said on Saturday that trees represent "life, benefit and civilisation" in Islamic teaching, and that caring for them is an act of obedience to God and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), amid an ongoing public backlash over tree-felling in Cairo.
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Egyptian National Railways (ENR) said Sunday it has completed preparations for the 2026/2027 school year, with 823 trains running daily and 45 dedicated ticket outlets opening for students as classes resume.
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Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly toured Egypt's West Nile Monorail project in Giza and Cairo on Sunday, riding a trial train as authorities push to finish the 43.8-kilometre line on schedule.
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