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Suez Canal
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SC in the History
Canal of Sesostris
Days to Remember
17/11/1869
26/7/1956
15/9/1956
29/10/1956
10/4/1957
5/6/1967
6/10/1973
5/6/1975
16/12/1980
Volume of excavation
74 million cubic meters of sand
Digging Costs
369 million French Francs
( 14 million Egyptian Pounds )
Digging Costs
369 million French Francs
( 14 million Egyptian Pounds )
Stages of Digging
)1(
)2(
)4(
(3)- 15 August 1869
)3(
SC Inauguration Ceremony
Ceremonys attendances
6000 Dignitaries
Ceremonys Cost
LE 2 million
SC Inauguration Ceremony
SC Inauguration Ceremony
State delegates
who attended the Ceremony
Guests of
the Inauguration Ceremony
1869
1956
At
Present
Description
Overall
length
Km
164
175
190.3
Doubled
parts
Km
29
78
Canal depth
10
14
22.5
Permissible
max.
draught
Ft
22
35
62
Permissible
max. size of
laden ship
1000
DWT
30
220
Convention of Constantinople
19 October 1888
( Guaranteed Right of Passage of all Ships through the SC )
It was signed by Great Britain, Germany, Austro-Hungary,
Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, and Turkey
The Pharaoh
(Senusret III) 610 BC
Persian King
(Darius) 510 BC
Ptolemy II
285 BC
Roman King
(Trajan) 117 AD
Said Pasha,
De Lesseps
(1805-1894)
Viceroy of Egypt
(1863-1854)
Khedive Ismail
(1863-1879)
Viceroy Said
Khedive Ismail
Khedive Tewfiq
( 1854 1863 )
( 1863 1879 )
( 1879 1892 )
( 1892 1914 )
King Fouad I
King Farouk I
( 1914 1917 )
( 1917 1936 )
( 1936 1952 )
Mohammed Naguib
( 1952 1954 )
Anwar Al-Sadat
( 1970 1981 )
Hosni Mubarak
( 1981 2011)
SC Chairmen
Jules Guichard
( 1894 1896 )
Charles Jonnart
) 1913 1927 )
Louis de Vog
( 1927 1948 )
Prince Auguste-Louis-Albric
( 1896 1913 )
SC Chairmen
23 December 1956
Egypt retrieved Port Said
( Victory Day )
Second re-opening of SC
( 5 June 1975 )
Re-opening ceremony
in Port-Said
Dates of SC closures
Traffic Statistics
1869
1956
2008
No of vessels
104
3 291
22 000
Net Ton
81 000 Ton
107 M. Ton
900 M. Ton
Toll Revenues
FF 1.3 Million
US$ 39 Million
US$ 5 Billion
SC Share of World
Seaborne Trade
10 %
Rotterdam
Via Cape
11 169 mile
Via SC
6 436 mile
Ras Tanura
From
To
Saving
N. Miles
Lavera
966
57
Rotterdam
7334
42
Jeddah
Pireas
8879
88
Singapore
Rotterdam
6473
29
Ras Tanura
Traffic System
N1
in the Canal )
Permissible speed is 13 - 14 km / hr
Time interval between vessels is 10-16 min
or 2 - 3 km
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