3 hours agoRoad disabled: Who built the Suez Canal?
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Suez Canal is an artificial channel in Egypt that has received world attention after a single 400m long ship blocked by making the world look like a small village. No one could believe that a single ship could block one of the heavier roads [...]
No one could believe that a single ship could block one of the major world trade routes, causing even economic losses, writes Periscope.
But who built this channel?
It was built for 10 years under the reign of the Ottoman Empire by the Suez Canal Company formed by Ferdnand de Lesseps in 1858. It officially opened in 1869 and had never had a similar problem like the one that caused the ship “Ever Given”.
The canal offers ships a more direct route between the North Atlantic and the North Indian Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, thus avoiding the South Atlantic and the South Indian oceans by reducing distance from the Arabian Sea to London by approximately 8,000 miles [900 km] or 8 to 10 days' journey.
In 2020 alone, it is believed that about 18 thousand and 500 ships have crossed this canal, or 51.5 ships a day.
The channel is currently operated and maintained by the Suez Canal Authority, which is a state company.
