We have just completed a northerly transit of the Suez Canal.
Our passage up the Red Sea from Sri Lanka was uneventful as far as any piracy activity was concerned.
We spent a month in Aqaba, Jordan, where they are very gracious hosts, and we can recommend this detour.

Fuel is also cheaper than in Egypt.
Egypt was bit of an ordeal, one young pilot was good to Ismailia.
The second pilot to Port Said was a cowboy who narrowly missed navigation markers a couple of times. He was preoccupied with his mobile phone, and then wanted to disembark onto a heavy pilot boat while we were underway.

After our near misses he wanted a reference from us, and I have actually lodged a complaint with the SCA.
Robert Burn

Posted on behalf of Jimmy Cornell:

I received an email from the Prince of the Red Sea, whom I regard as the most reliable agent for the Suez Canal. He informed me that boats have started arriving from the Indian Ocean although not in large numbers he has been handling quite a few of them during the last couple of months.

(Editor’s Note): This agent’s fees for 2016 have been published in the “Fees” section, under Egypt Formalities.