DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions. The Navy rarely acknowledges the location or deployment of submarines. Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a…

The bulk carrier MV Glory, which was bound for China, was refloated after running aground in the Egyptian waterway of the Suez Canal on Jan. 9, according to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). Adm. Ossama Rabiee, chairman and managing director of SCA, said the ship suffered a technical failure 23.6 miles into its passage through…

CAIRO—Egypt said on Saturday that it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez Canal, one of the world’s most crucial waterways. The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement on Saturday that it will add 15 percent to the fees for tankers carrying oil and petroleum products, and 10 percent…

An oil tanker ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday, blocking the global waterway for several hours before it was refloated, according to the Suez Canal Authority. The canal is the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia and is accountable for about 15 percent of world shipping traffic. George Safwat, a spokesman for Suez…

CAIRO—An affiliate of the ISIS terrorist group in Egypt on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal, killing at least 11 soldiers. At least five other soldiers were wounded in Saturday’s attack, according to the Egyptian military. It was one of the deadliest attacks on…

The fully loaded cargo ship that ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay as it left Baltimore nearly two weeks ago is still stuck, and folks who work in Maryland’s seafood industry are worried about the impact it is having on marine life. The grounded ship, called the Ever Forward, is owned by Evergreen Marine Corp.,…

ROTTERDAM—The container ship Ever Given, which got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March, arrived in the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday after being released by authorities in Egypt. It was scheduled to dock at Rotterdam’s ECT Delta terminal for unloading until Aug. 3 before departing for Felixstowe, England, the port…

ISMAILIA, Egypt—Egyptian authorities announced the release Wednesday of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year. The Ever Given left the canal’s Great Bitter Lake, where it had been held for over three months amid a financial dispute. The development came after its Japanese owner, Shoei…

CAIRO—An Egyptian court on Tuesday lifted a three-month long judicial seizure of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year, paving the way for it to leave Egypt. Following the decision by the court in the city of Ismailia, the Ever Given would be allowed to…

China’s ability to project its naval power in the Indian Ocean, as well as its continued build-up of the nuclear arsenal, is of great concern to the United States, said two top U.S. military officials in recent congressional hearings. Beijing’s naval power now includes aircraft carriers after China has modernized its military base in Djibouti…