{"id":601222,"date":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601222\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:20:08","slug":"breaking-news-egypt-oks-new-suez-canal-dredging-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601222\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Egypt OKs new Suez Canal dredging company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s Cabinet has approved the licensing of the Suez Canal Authority to proceed with establishing a new joint-stock company \u2013 Suez Canal Dredging and Maritime Works Company.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/canal-768x462.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>photo courtesy of Egyptian Cabinet Presidency<\/p>\n<p>The company will be formed in partnership with a private sector firm operating in general supplies and contracting, and will focus on dredging projects, maritime works, and related supply activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official, this new entity is set to improve, maintain and expand the Suez Canal\u2019s capacity through specialized technical works, reinforcing Egypt\u2019s position in maritime logistics.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken earlier this week, during the Cabinet\u2019s 89th meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s Cabinet has approved the licensing of the Suez Canal Authority to proceed with establishing a new joint-stock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,28970,451,3,69984,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-601222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-egypt","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-suez-canal","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}