Possible Clues:

• One end of the Suez Canal
• Mediterranean city's temper is rising. Help!
• Place where drinks are of some help
• The drink was said to have been left on board, by the sound of it
• Left one in miserable African town
• That's where it was the drink that was speaking
• It was drink that was speaking at the end of the canal
• It was the drink speaking at the end of the canal
• Drink was the talk of it there in the Mediterranean
• Assistance required after drinks in the harbour