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UAE coast guard evacuates 24 people from oil tanker crash east of Strait of Hormuz

June 18, 2025 3:33 pm

While the crash was not deemed security-related, maritime experts warn of growing risks in the area as the days-long Israel-Iran conflict continues to unfold.

Knowledge nugget of the day: Panama Canal

January 27, 2025 7:42 pm

Built and managed by the USA for several years and transferred back to Panama in 1999, the Panama Canal has recently hit the headlines. Why did the USA gain and relinquish the Panama Canal’s control? Also, in 'Beyond the nugget', get to know about the Suez Canal and its history.

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Egypt completes trial run of new Suez Canal channel extension

December 28, 2024 10:20 pm

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without incident.

Explained: History of Suez Canal, its economic importance

November 16, 2024 7:24 pm

Hundred and fifty five years after it was opened for ships, the Suez Canal remains one of the busiest waterways in the world through which 12% of global commerce passes

How the Indian Navy can secure its sea lanes

February 12, 2024 10:05 am

A beginning can be made by permitting a true power projection aircraft carrier of about 80,000 tonnes because without it, we may be overwhelmed in our waters

Houthi threat notwithstanding, it’s smooth sailing for Russian oil through Red Sea

January 02, 2024 8:11 pm

According to the United States (US) Energy Information Administration (EIA), southbound shipments through the Suez Canal rose significantly between 2021 and 2023, largely because of Western sanctions on Russia’s oil exports.

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How two choke points could turn into a perfect storm for global trade

January 01, 2024 9:09 pm

This is troubling, as the European Union is one of India's second-largest export destinations. Slowing demand from the region has impacted India’s labour-intensive sectors, such as textiles, gems and jewellery exports.

Global crude oil, fuel flows via Suez Canal plunge amid Houthi threat; supplies to India largely unaffected

December 20, 2023 5:34 pm

Oil shipments to India have not been impacted so far. This is because a bulk of the country’s West Asian crude oil imports do not take that route, and tankers carrying Russian oil do not appear to be under threat from the rebels.

Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023.

Attacks on ships, costly rerouting and more: What is happening in Red Sea, as spillover of Gaza war

March 16, 2025 8:44 pm

The United States has launched Operation Prosperity Guardian to maintain security in the Red Sea. India's External Affairs Ministry has also said it supports free movement of commercial shipping. Here's what you need to know.

A plan to join the Red Sea with Mediterranean — an alternative to the Suez Canal

November 13, 2023 11:48 am

Many decades ago, the Americans proposed to use nuclear weapons to blast a waterway through the Negev Desert. But the plan never progressed. This is why it did not — and why there is some talk about the ‘Ben Gurion Canal’ again as Israel pushes to destroy Hamas in Gaza

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Suez Canal: One of world's most vital waterways reopens after cargo ship refloated by tugboats

March 30, 2021 3:40 pm

A flotilla of tugboats, helped by the tides, wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal's sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since March 23.

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Suez Canal crisis: 10 pics that show how this wedged cargo ship has put global trade in peril

March 25, 2021 9:51 pm

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.