Egypt has extended its visa allowance for foreign yacht tourists to three months, as opposed to the previous one-month allowance, in a bid to boost the sector. In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Transport indicated the move is meant to assist yacht tourists from any obstacles along the country’s coasts and to promote yacht tourism. For example, foreign yachts […]
Video footage has been posted of a huge sandstorm sweeping across the Suez Canal in Egypt. Sand storm in the Suez Canal pic.twitter.com/tG9JLfx72H — Woman of Wonder 🐳 (@WonderW97800751) June 13, 2023 One person died and five others were injured according to the BBC, when a billboard collapsed as a result of the storm sweeping […]
Three missing British passengers who were on a diving boat in Egypt that caught fire on the weekend have died, tour operator Scuba Travel has confirmed. The fire broke out at around 8:30am local time (6:30am UK time) on Sunday 11 June and engulfed the motorboat Hurricane off the coast of Marsa Alam, Egypt. In […]
Alexander Derhaag, a diver from Belgium, has shared footage of the terrifying moment of his “biggest nightmare”, when the liveaboard boat he was on capsized and almost sank completely in the Gulf of Suez. Along with his diving ‘family’, Derhaag was in Egypt exploring the depths of the Red Sea. However, on 24 April, disaster […]
As world leaders gathered in Egypt for COP27 to discuss climate change, an oil terminal is reportedly dumping toxic wastewater into the country’s Red Sea, endangering a rare form of ‘super coral’ that offers hope for preserving ocean life as the planet warms. An investigation by the BBC and non-profit journalism group SourceMaterial highlights leaked […]
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has provisionally impounded Ever Given, the ship that had blocked the Suez canal for nearly a week as per an Egyptian court’s order pending payment of US $916m in compensation for the losses incurred by the blockage, according to Ahram Online. Osama Rabie, chairman of the SCA, says the figure […]
Traffic has resumed in Egypt’s Suez Canal after Ever Given was finally able to move again. Jubilant tugboats honked horns as the 400m-long, 60m-wide ship was dislodged on Monday. According to the BBC, Egyptian officials say the backlog of ships waiting to transit through should be cleared in around three days, but experts believe the […]