Egypt's navy on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 43 pieces of coral reefs on board a British yacht while it was crossing the Suez Canal.
The naval forces had received information about a British boat bound for Turkey, which carried six British (...)
Farida Farouq, wife of Wael Mohamed Saleh, chief technician on board hijacked Egyptian ship MV Suez, said she had received a phone call from her husband on Wednesday in which he asked for assistance following the refusal of the Red Sea Navigation (...)
Abdel Meguid Matar, president of shipping company Red Sea Navigation, which operates the Egyptian ship hijacked earlier this month by Somali pirates, has refused to hand over the ransom demanded by the corsairs for the vessel's release.
“They want (...)
Contact with the crew of the Egyptian ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week has been cut for the past two days, according to a source at Red Sea Navigation, the shipping company that operates the ship.
Company President Abdel Meguid Matar said (...)
Mohamed Sobhi, owner of an Egyptian cargo vessel hijacked last week in the Gulf of Aden, has refused to negotiate a ransom with the Somali corsairs currently holding his ship.
“The ransom money could be used to finance terrorism,” he said. “Giving (...)