Sat. November 22, 2008
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The Media Line
November 21, 2008
As the
Suez Canal looks set to loose hundreds of millions of dollars in the wake of the increased
piracy activity in the
Gulf of Aden area,
Egypt hosted a ...
New Straits Times
November 21, 2008
The
Gulf of Aden is a vital
shipping lane as it is the point of entry and exit for the
Suez Canal. At least one international shipowner has ordered its ...
St.Louis Jewishlight.com
November 21, 2008
Sharon was determined to cross the Suez Canal even against the strong advice of others. Sharon even took a demotion in order to have the flexibililty to ...
Sydney Morning Herald
November 21, 2008
The focus has shifted to another great trading route - safe passage to the
Suez Canal connecting
Asia and
Europe. After years of devastation in
Somalia ...
Hindu
November 21, 2008
piracy is also forcing ship-owners to avoid the less-expensive
Suez Canal route, close to the piracy-hit
Gulf of Aden. However, it is estimated that taking ...
USA Today
November 21, 2008
Los Angeles Times
November 21, 2008
The French
navy helicopter carrier Jean de Vienne passes through the
Suez Canal in
Egypt on its way to
Somalia to take part in the
European Union's ...
CNNMoney.com
November 21, 2008
... coast has prompted many tanker
companies to consider routing their shipments around
South Africa, avoiding the quicker route through
Egypt's
Suez Canal. ...
SomaliNet
November 21, 2008
Egypt says it is suffering financial losses as a result of the hijackings because an increasing number of ships no longer travel through the
Suez Canal. ...
New York Times
November 21, 2008
Meanwhile, one of
Europe's largest
shipping companies announced it would reroute some of its oil tankers around the
Suez Canal to reduce the
piracy risk, ...
Economist
November 20, 2008
Every tanker using the
gulf and every
freighter using the
Suez Canal is now a potential
pirate target, no matter what course they navigate or how big they ...
Bloomberg
November 20, 2008
20 (Bloomberg) -- Shippers controlling almost a quarter the
global fleet of crude-oil supertankers may avoid
Egypt's
Suez Canal after an increase in
piracy ...
Gulf Daily News
November 20, 2008
Buoyed by rising foreign investment and record revenues from tourism and the Suez Canal, the Egyptian economy had grown at its fastest pace in decade since ...
WHO-TV
November 20, 2008
... around
Africa is not a good option because it hurts the world economy, and lets the
pirates win. He says the
Suez Canal is too important a
shipping lane.
Dispatch Online
November 20, 2008
The
Gulf of Aden connects to the
Red Sea, which in turn is linked to the Mediterranean by the
Suez Canal. The route is thousands of kilometres and many days ...
Bloomberg
November 20, 2008
20 (Bloomberg) -- Shippers controlling almost a fifth of the
global fleet of crude-oil supertankers may avoid
Egypt's
Suez Canal after an escalation in ...
Life Style Extra
November 19, 2008
... which ends in June 2009, could drop to around 6 percent as the
global crisis hits revenue from tourism, exports, and the
Suez Canal. ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch
November 19, 2008
There was a story in this morning's paper that a Norwegian company had directed its supertankers to sail around
Africa rather than use the
Suez Canal in ...
Independent Online
November 19, 2008
But the authority did not expect a sudden deluge of ships and the situation would not cause the congestion last seen in the 1970s when the Suez Canal was ...
Boston Herald
November 19, 2008
Egypt, which earns hundreds of millions of dollars per month from ships passing through the
Suez Canal, fears a downturn in revenue from the waterway ...
Reuters South Africa
November 19, 2008
Buoyed by rising foreign investment and record revenues from tourism and the Suez Canal, the Egyptian economy had grown at its fastest pace in decade since ...
Voice of America
November 19, 2008
A shift away from the
Suez Canal could have significant economic repercussions for
Egypt, which relies on the canal as a major source of revenue. ...
Bloomberg
November 19, 2008
19 (Bloomberg) -- Shipowners controlling almost a fifth of the world's oil supertankers may shun
Egypt's
Suez Canal after an escalation in
pirate attacks ...
Sky News
November 19, 2008
The surge in
pirate attacks in the
Gulf of Aden - which is a key
shipping lane for the
Suez Canal - has prompted one major shipping group to divert its ...
Reuters South Africa
November 19, 2008
... which ends in June 2009, could drop to around 6 percent as the
global crisis hits revenue from tourism, exports, and the
Suez Canal. ...
Sky News
November 19, 2008
The surge in
pirate attacks in the
Gulf of Aden - which is a key
shipping lane for the
Suez Canal - has prompted one major shipping group to divert its ...
Seattle Times
November 19, 2008
A major Norwegian
shipping group Tuesday ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail around
Africa rather than use the
Suez Canal after Somali. ...
Washington Examiner
November 19, 2008
... small craft launched from "mother ships," these modern Jack Sparrows are now able to board ships heading to and from the Suez Canal in just 15 minutes. ...
Gizmodo Australia
November 19, 2008
The
Suez Canal is infested with
Somali pirates (who've already stolen 1000 Wiis), so
companies are diverting shipments around the Cape of Good Hope, ...
International Herald Tribune
November 19, 2008
This would force tankers to divert around the southern tip of
Africa, block non-oil
shipping from using the
Suez Canal, and lead to substantial increases in ...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
November 19, 2008
(MENAFN -
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The
global financial crisis is beginning to affect number of shipments passing through the
Suez Canal, Chairman of Suez ...
Reuters
November 19, 2008
The new patrols along the
Gulf of Aden, which links
Europe to
Asia through the
Suez Canal, seem, however, to have had some sort of impact as only 31 percent ...
guardian.co.uk
November 19, 2008
Cairo, Nov 19 (Reuters) -
Egypt's revenues from the
Suez Canal reached $467.5 million in October, down from $469.6 million in September but up from $422.6 ...
CNN International
November 18, 2008
"On the other hand, we will not pay the duties to pass the Suez Canal," he said. "That's quite an expensive canal passage. The duties there are quite heavy. ...
Bloomberg
November 18, 2008
WLOS
November 18, 2008
... group has decided to duck the danger altogether. It's ordered its tankers to sail around
Africa rather than risk going by
Somalia when using the
Suez Canal.
Telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2008
Rob Lomas, secretary general of Intercargo, an industry group representing ship owners, said that more firms were avoiding the Suez Canal - an extraordinary ...
The Star
November 18, 2008
The former Leading Aircraftsman in the RAF had guarded the
Suez Canal during the early days of the
Cold War between the West and
Russia in 1952. ...
guardian.co.uk
November 17, 2008
To go the long way round Cape Horn rather than sailing through the Suez Canal would send the cost of goods shooting up. It could make this a disappointing ...
Radar Online
November 17, 2008
Even the
Suez Canal is being threatened. "It will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this
Christmas," Sam ...
