We need more background on this.
Strange story. It’s only about 1000 miles from port to port. Nice scuba diving in the area and I’ve swam in the Red Sea many times from many different beaches. It’s beautiful.
But I’m sure they can protect the habitat. A pipeline would probably be more efficient.
This was probably an effort to bypass the high tolls for passage through the Suez Canal.
Maybe they will have to run pipeline the whole way, through Saudi Arabia
They old Tapline (Trans Arabia Pipeline) might be able to be restored and extended.