Suez Canal
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| Length | 193. 3 km (120. 1 miles) |
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| Owners | Suez Canal Company |
| Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez | |
| Construction started | April 25, 1859 |
| Architects | Ferdinand de Lesseps |
| Alois Negrelli | |
| Bridges | Al Salam Bridge |
| El Ferdan Railway Bridge | |
| Did you know | It separates the continents of Africa and Asia. |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 809260 |
About Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it was officially opened on 17 November 1869.
Mystery sea urchin deaths threaten Red Sea coral reefs
... " A regional phenomenonFurther south along the Egyptian Red Sea coast, Dr Mahmoud Hanafy, a marine biologist at Suez Canal University, has been carrying out his own studies...
UN begins salvage operation to stop catastrophic oil spill off Yemen
... The UN says a major spill in the Red Sea would destroy coral reefs, mangroves and other sea life, expose millions of people to highly polluted air, devastate fishing communities, force nearby ports to close and disrupt shipping through the Suez Canal...
Container ship grounded in Suez Canal
...A ship has grounded in the Suez Canal, " leaving behind" at least four vessels, shipping agent Leth Agencies says...
What to do with 18 shipping containers of rotting cabbages
... Last year one of the larger cogs in that machine got stuck in the Suez Canal...
Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II
... The decision to send British troops to try to prevent Egypt s threatened nationalisation of the Suez Canal ended in an ignominious withdrawal and brought about the resignation of Prime Minister Anthony Eden...
Could the Great Lakes solve US shipping woes?
... The Ever Given ship that blocked the Suez Canal for a week last year, for example, is 193 feet (59 metres) wide...
Israeli 'psychic' Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75
... A perusal of recent headlines has him predicting football scores; threatening to stop Brexit; and taking credit for moving a cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal using telepathy...
Mark Easton's Boxing Day family puzzler 2021
... Glum consumers have seen shortages and soaring prices amid global supply problems caused, in part, by a huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal...
Suez Canal Photos
