Egypt to face mandatory maritime inspections - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmed Fouad

Ahmed Fouad

Apr 9, 2015

Women sit and look at a container ship navigate through the Suez canal near Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo May 2, 2014. Egypt has extended the bidding deadline to July 3 in an international auction of 22 concessions for oil and gas exploration, an official with the state-owned gas company said on Wednesday.The previous deadline for companies to submit bids for concessions in the Suez Canal, Egypt's western desert, the Mediterranean sea and the Nile Delta had been May 19. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh — Women sit and watch as a container ship navigates the Suez canal near Ismailia, northeast of Cairo, May 2, 2014. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

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