U.S. Navy plans to send team to help with blocked Suez Canal: report

The White House on Friday said the U.S. has offered assistance to Egypt on reopening the Suez Canal, as CNN reported that U.S. Navy dredging experts could visit the trade waterway as soon as Saturday to help out.

“We’ve offered U.S. assistance to Egyptian authorities to help reopen the canal,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki during a briefing. “We are consulting with our Egyptian partners about how we can best support their efforts. So those conversations are ongoing and hopefully we’ll have more to say about that soon.”