Which cities pass through the Suez Canal?

Suez Canal is located in Egypt, connecting the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

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Located in the northeast of Egypt, the Suez Canal is the dividing line between Asia and Africa and an important international waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

1859 On April 25th, the canal broke ground in Port Said. At that time, the Isthmus of Suez was a vast desert, and the hot and rainy climate turned the whole canal area into a hell on earth for Egyptian workers. After 10 years of efforts, the Egyptian people paid 120000 lives, and finally the canal was completed and opened to traffic in 1 869, 1 654,38+0,7.

Egypt was the first country to dig an artificial canal between the Nile and its tributaries, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. This project can be traced back to Pharaoh SENAUSRET III in BC 1874. The canal was abandoned and silted up, and then reopened several times:

-The first stage canal, 65438 BC+0365438 BC+00 BC.

-the canal in 6 10 BC

-The canal was in the Darius period of-5 10 BC.

The canal of Ptolemy II in 285 BC.

-Roman Canal (King Trajan) BC 1 17.

-The canal in the period of Emile El Momene in 640 BC. With the conquest and opening of Islam, 150 years.

-The Suez Canal is actually the first passage connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. 1869165438+1October 17 Suez Canal opens to international traffic.

-The Suez Canal was nationalized by Egypt on July 26th. 1956.

-The Suez Canal was closed five times, and the last time was the most serious, which lasted for eight years.

-The Suez Canal resumed navigation on June 5, 1975.

Overview of current canal conditions

Length:

-total length190.25km.

-19.5km from the route buoy to the lighthouse in Port Said.

-8.5 kilometers from the waiting area to the south entrance.

-78.5 kilometers from Port Said to Ismailia.

-83.75km from Ismailia to Tawfik Port.

-The length of the speed-up section is 78.00 kilometers.

-Water surface width (north/south) 345/280m

-width between buoys (north/south) 215/195m.

-The depth of the canal is 22.5 meters.

-The maximum allowable draft of the ship is 62 feet.

-Intersection area 4800/4350 m2

-The maximum tonnage is 2 1 10,000 tons.

-The speed limit of a fully loaded tanker is13 km/h.

-cargo speed limit14 km/h.

Advantages of Suez Canal

-The longest canal without locks in the world.

Compared with other waters, the accident rate is almost zero.

-It can sail day and night.

-When the ship is too big, the river may get deeper and wider.

-VTMS (Shipping Management System) has been introduced, which is a very accurate electronic radar observation network.

-The Suez Canal can serve all kinds of super freighters.

Influence of Suez Canal on World Trade

-The distance between the port of Jeddah and the port of constanta in the Black Sea around the Cape of Good Hope is 1 177 1 mile, while the distance through the Suez Canal is only 1698 mile, saving 86% of the distance.

-The distance between Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Tokyo, Japan can also be saved by 23% through the Suez Canal.

7% of the world shipping trade volume passes through the Suez Canal, of which 35% are ports along the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, 20% are ports in India and Southeast Asia, and 39% are ports in the Far East.