In 2008, 21,415 vessels passed through the canal and the receipts totalled $5.381 billion,[159] with an average cost per ship of $251,000. In the meantime from 1859 to 1861, the company's Chief Engineer Eugne Mougel and its new superintendent Alphonse Hardon, planned for and built fresh water distilleries along the route, hauled in additional fresh water from the Nile, built housing for workers, gathered stone for the jetty, assembled some aging dredging equipment from the Nile, and looked for workers. It starts at 03:30 from Port Said and so passes the Northbound convoy in the two-lane section. In February 2012, Israel announced its intention to construct a railway between the Mediterranean and Eilat through the Negev desert to compete with the canal. [12], During this same period, the jetties for Port Said were also constructed by the Dussaud brothers. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press. [195], The opening of the canal created the first salt-water passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. [46][47], During the French campaign in Egypt and Syria in late 1798, Napoleon expressed interest in finding the remnants of an ancient waterway passage. The southern dam in the rocky Chalufa ridge would not connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea until it was broken on 15 August 1869. Suez Canal Authority. It played an important role in increasing European colonization of Africa. After Jacques Georges-Picot's arrival to the company in the 1940s, the board started to hire investment advisors, and by the late 1940s, the company had investments in Air France, Air Liquide, colonial sugar refineries, coal mining companies, railroad companies, electric companies, the African forest and agriculture Society, and the Lyonnaise de Madagascar. [citation needed] Evidence seems to indicate its existence by the 13th century BC during the time of Ramesses II. The Suez canal, opened in 1869, provides a crucial link for oil, natural gas and cargo. The British also commented on the use of forced labor by the company. The vessel is operated by container transportation and shipping company Evergreen Marine. A cargo ship ran aground in Eygpt's Suez Canal, blocking one of the . . The canal has no locks because of the flat terrain, and the minor sea level difference between each end is inconsequential for shipping. 30,000 blocks were used in the jetties. When the Canal Clearance Operations were completed, the canal and its lakes were considered 99% clear of mines. In 2015 the government completed a major. In the evening there were more illuminations and fireworks. Gabriella Pultrone "Trieste: New Challenges and Opportunities in the Relational Dynamics between City and Port" In: Mditerrane, 111|2008 pp. [34], Former head office of the Suez Company at 1 rue d'Astorg in Paris, Last edited on 8 September 2022, at 21:08, Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez, 1867 Universal Exposition of Art and Industry, Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt, "An International Company in Egypt: Suez, 18561956", "Muse Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez", "La Privatisation de Suez. The canal would not reopen until 1975 after the Camp David Accord. Railroad tracks were laid along the canal route to accommodate some of the machines, whereas others were mounted on barges. #history pic.twitter.com/7diV3svyAF. Lesseps formed an organization of international engineers (the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez) to again study the canal route in late 1855, and its results were released to the general public. This company was to be called the Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez. Mary Pelletier "A brief history of the Suez Canal" In: Apollo 3 July 2018. [21], In 1873, Ismail borrowed 30 million (more than double the cost of the canal) to continue building other infrastructure in Egypt. [11][12], Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah is claimed to have repaired the Cairo to Red Sea passageway, but only briefly, circa 1000 CE, as it soon "became choked with sand". [93] A UN force (UNEF) was established to maintain the free navigability of the canal, and peace in the Sinai Peninsula. [13], In 1867, the company began to develop its fee structure in preparation for opening. [64], On the morning of 17 November, a procession of ships entered the canal, headed by the L'Aigle. [94], On 16 May 1967, when Nasser ordered the UNEF peacekeeping forces out of the Sinai Peninsula, including the Suez Canal area, Egyptian troops were sent into Sinai to take their place. December 2019. p.42. Traffic through the canal began to fall in the early 1980s after petroleum pipelines eroded ship traffic business. The Ottoman Empire, although neutral to the idea, were greatly under the influence of the British at that time. [123] However, this ship was freed within 15 minutes, presenting minimal disruption to other convoys. [159][155] The canal can handle more traffic and larger ships than the Panama Canal, as Suezmax dimensions are greater than both Panamax and New Panamax. MLB on tbs preview Tonight: MLB On tbs Leadoff, 9:30 PM ET; Giants at Dodgers, 10 PM ET. The ship had two pilots from Egypt's canal authority aboard the vessel to guide it when the grounding happened around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, the company said. To the contrary very few Mediterranean species have been able to settle in the 'harsher' conditions of the Red Sea. After several enlargements, it is .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}193.30km (120+18mi) long, 24m (79ft) deep and 205 metres (673ft) wide. In 1859 Lesseps formed the Suez Canal Company for the purpose of building the canal, aiming to reduce sailing . The canal's 24-hour capacity was about 76 standard ships. Its Past, Present, and Future (2nd ed.). Ismail's motives had to do with his own personal projects (cotton farms, whose export from Egypt had been increasing since the beginning of the American Civil War, and other cash crops and public works) within Egypt and with limiting the company's power. The company's profits rose greatly during the 1920s and 1930s. Said purchased the remaining unbought shares (for a total of 177,000 shares) in order to ensure that the company reached its necessary capitalization amount (to become a legal entity as defined in the 1856 concession). On 4November1956, a majority at the United Nations voted for Pearson's peacekeeping resolution, which mandated the UN peacekeepers to stay in Sinai unless both Egypt and Israel agreed to their withdrawal. The current parameters of the Suez Canal, including both individual canals of the parallel section are: depth 23 to 24 metres (75 to 79ft) and width at least 205 to 225 metres (673 to 738ft) (that width measured at 11 metres (36ft) of depth). As a condition of joining the commission, the khedive's right to 15 percent of the commissions from Suez Canal traffic was sold. Latest Transportation & Logistics News and Updates. Lord Palmerston, the project's most unwavering foe, confessed in the mid-1850s the real motive behind his opposition: that Britain's commercial and maritime relations would be overthrown by the opening of a new route, open to all nations, and thus deprive his country of its present exclusive advantages. The current south of the Bitter Lakes is tidal, varying with the tide at Suez. By 1952, the company held four different reserves accounts: a statutory reserve of 430 million francs, a special reserve of 7 billion francs, a contingency fund of 1.72 billion francs, and a pension fund of 7.81 billion francs. By 1955, about two-thirds of Europe's oil passed through the canal. It acquired control of the Socit Gnrale de Belgique in 1988, and changed name again to Compagnie de Suez in 1990. The canal had an immediate and dramatic effect on world trade. [28] Italy opposed the French monopoly over the Suez Canal because under French domination of the company all Italian merchant traffic to its colony of Italian East Africa was forced to pay tolls upon entering the canal. Meanwhile, in 1972 the Suez Company acquired control of another bank, Crdit Industriel et Commercial, which it relinquished in the 1980s. Its Past, Present, and Future (2nd ed.). Remaining unsold bonds were sold in lotteries approved by the French government. 2005: Gaz de France is floated on the stock market. Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions read:[36], King Darius says: I am a Persian; setting out from Persia I conquered Egypt. The British representative from 1883 to 1907 was Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, who reorganized and modernized the government and suppressed rebellions and corruption, thereby facilitating increased traffic on the canal. Offers may be subject to change without notice. [176] Currently the Ahmed Hamdi is the only tunnel connecting Suez to the Sinai. Hans Reis "Der Suezkanal die wichtigste von Menschen geschaffene Wasserstrasse wurde vor 150 Jahren gebaut und war oft umkmpft" In: Neue Zrcher Zeitung 17 November 2019. International activities now . An inability to pay his bank debts led Said Pasha's successor, Isma'il Pasha, in 1875 to sell his 44% share in the canal for 4,000,000 ($19.2 million), equivalent to 432 million to 456 million ($540 million to $570 million) in 2019, to the government of the United Kingdom. 1859-1st sand dug for the #SuezCanal at Port Said. [19] The ship tonnage for 1872, 1873, and 1874 was 1,439,000, 2,085,000, and 2,424,000, respectively. The British assigned more than 100,000 troops to the canal during the first world war. [clarification needed]. [87] Under the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, the UK retained control over the canal. Britain then called a ceasefire, and later agreed to withdraw its troops by the end of the year. [76] French shareholders still held the majority. De Lesseps had used his friendly relationship with Sa'id, which he had developed while he was a French diplomat in the 1830s. [84] The ship was then returned to Brisbane, Australia in January 1901.[84]. The Suez Canal, a key strategic waterway, accounts for about 10 percent of global maritime trade. 2nd Edition. By 1866 there were about 8,000 Europeans and 10,000 Arab and Egyptians that had settled in the canal region. In 1871, more tonnage made the passage, but it was still less than 1 million tons. USSAmerica(CV-66), an American aircraft carrier in the Suez Canal, Container ship Hanjin Kaohsiung transiting the Suez Canal, When built, the canal was 164km (102mi) long and 8m (26ft) deep. An estimated 1.4 million workers help construct it. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press. Guards were used to watch over the fellahin, although a large number of guards were not required due to the remote location and nearby hostile Bedouins. Linant de Bellefonds, a French explorer of Egypt, became chief engineer of Egypt's Public Works. When the incident began, many economists and trade experts commented on the effects of the obstruction if not resolved quickly, citing how important the Suez was to global trade; the incident was likely to drastically affect the global economy because of the trapped goods scheduled to go through the canal. [178][179], The time saved in the 19th century for an assumed steamship trip to Bombay from Brindisi and Trieste was 37 days, from Genoa 32, from Marseille 31, from Bordeaux, Liverpool, London, Amsterdam and Hamburg 24 days. Lieutenant Waghorn established his "Overland Route", which transported post and passengers to India via Egypt.[52][53]. This offer was slightly greater than the French offer, and Ismail physically delivered his share certificates to the British consulate. Egypt made its final payments for the canal to the Suez Canal Company, and took over its full control in 1962. Rocky terrain was cleared on the Serapeum ridge to the north of the lake for a lake filling ceremony witnessed by Ismail in early 1869. [111][112] Referring to the European and American market, a few maritime experts have disputed the prediction of a drastic effect on trade, saying this "really isnt a substantial transit route for crude" according to Marshall Steeves, energy markets analyst at IHS Markit, and "there are existing stocks" according to Camille Egloff of Boston Consulting Group and alternative sources of supply, noting that traffic only slowed down and that it might only have impacted sectors with existing shortages (such as the semiconductor industry). There is differing information on the exact amounts, This incident appears to have been the basis for a myth that the. [51], As late as 1861, the unnavigable ancient route discovered by Napoleon from Bubastis to the Red Sea still channelled water as far east as Kassassin. This was motivated by a desire to connect Constantinople to the pilgrimage and trade routes of the Indian Ocean, as well as by strategic concernsas the European presence in the Indian Ocean was growing, Ottoman mercantile and strategic interests were increasingly challenged, and the Sublime Porte was increasingly pressed to assert its position. Since Britain through the policy of Lord Palmerston was largely opposed to the canal project, and its citizens owned a potentially competing project in form of a railroad from Alexandria to Cairo, not to mention various merchant warehouses along the African sea route, Lesseps made several trips to Britain between 1854 and 1858 to persuade Palmerston and the British public. [9], Meanwhile, the progress of the canal construction proceeded slowly from 18631864. [199] However the Aswan High Dam construction across the Nile, which started operating in 1968, much reduced the inflow of freshwater and cut all natural nutrient-rich silt entering the eastern Mediterranean at the Nile Delta. Sisi declared the expanded channel open to business in a ceremony on 6 August 2015.[5]. The Ottoman sultan approved of the French reconciliation framework in 1866. These partly cleared the canal between May and December 1974. In the notification, Lesseps estimated an annual revenue of 30 million francs based on freight fees, and a construction period lasting 6 years. . Suez Canal Authority Today, the canal is operated by the state-owned Suez Canal Authority and is a major money-earner for Egypt's government, generating $5.61 billion in revenue last year. [12][26][27][28][29], According to the Histories of the Greek historian Herodotus,[30] about BC 600, Necho II undertook to dig a westeast canal through the Wadi Tumilat between Bubastis and Heroopolis,[12] and perhaps continued it to the Heroopolite Gulf and the Red Sea. The ensuing commercial and diplomatic activities resulted in the International Commission of Constantinople establishing a specific kind of net tonnage and settling the question of tariffs in its protocol of 18 December 1873. Tobias Piller "Italien als Teil von Chinas neuer Seidenstrae" In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 15 March 2019. Strabo wrote that Sesostris started to build a canal, and Pliny the Elder (AD 23/2479)wrote: 165. After Egypt closed the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Six-Day War on 5 June 1967, the canal remained closed for precisely eight years, reopening on 5 June 1975.[8]. Discover They already impact its ecology, endangering some local and endemic species. The canal remained blocked for eight years. The canal reported 1,776 transits in Jan. 2022, marking a decline of 35 percent from the previous month but a 183-percent increase year-over-year (YoY). [11][12][13] Another canal, probably incorporating a portion of the first,[11][12] was constructed under the reign of Necho II, but the only fully functional canal was engineered and completed by Darius I. The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule. The Suez Canal was later nationalized by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, leading to the Suez crisis. Ashraf Ragab. In January 1856, Said granted a second concession to Lesseps' company which replaced the first concession. The remaining works were completed only in 1871, and traffic was below expectations in the first two years. [52] Doubling these estimates with a generous assumption of 50,000 working staff per year over 11 years would put a conservative estimate at fewer than 3,000 deaths. Distance, Trade, and Income the 1967 to 1975 Closing of the Suez Canal as a Natural Experiment., Douglas Antony Farnie. One of the most prominent losers in the new order, as former middlemen, was the former spice trading center of Venice. [32], Following the Suez Company's merger with Lyonnaise des eaux, it was sold to the real estate arm of General Electric and renovated in the early 2000s. During this same year the company had already started to charge fees for transport of goods across the northern almost-completed portion to the separate southern access canal, garnering millions of francs in annual revenue. Two hundred years after the construction of Ptolemy's canal, Cleopatra seems to have had no westeast waterway passage,[11][12] because the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, which fed Ptolemy's westeast canal, had by that time dwindled, being choked with silt. The amphibious assault ship USS Inchon (LPH-12) was sent to the Canal, carrying 12 RH-53D minesweeping helicopters of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12. The varying soil type necessitated more than a dozen different types of excavation machinery. The Suez Canal (Egyptian Arabic: , Qant el Sewes) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The Suez Company or Suez Canal Company, full initial name Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez), [1] sometimes colloquially referred to in French as Le Suez ("The Suez"), [2] [3] was a company formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858 to operate the concession of the Suez Canal, which the Air photograph taken by Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer. 8 Who owns the Suez Canal today? [55] As one of the diplomatic moves against the project when it nevertheless went ahead, it disapproved of the use of "forced labour" for construction of the canal. The blocks were produced in an assembly line with mechanical elevators to pour in cement, lime, and water. It will never become a large ship's accessible way in any case."[58]. An amendment stipulated that work could only commence with the approval of the Ottoman sultan. The operations office would be headquartered in Alexandria, while administrative offices would be located in Paris. This was the only sea route before the canal was constructed, and when the canal was closed. Among the ships following wasHMS Newport, captained by George Nares, which surveyed the canal on behalf of the Admiralty a few months later. The merged entity renamed itself as Suez in 2001 and underwent several subsequent mergers, spin-offs, and restructurings that led to the creation of the energy company Engie and the water and waste-management utility also named Suez. How Would It Have Impacted The Trade If It Persisted Longer? [11] Another French contractor, Alphonse Couvreux, who is credited with the first documented use of a bucket chain excavator on land, employed seven of his excavators to dig about 8 million cubic yards of material from 1863 to 1868. [200][201], The plan focuses on development of East Port Said and the port of Ain Sokhna, and hopes to extend to four more ports at West Port Said, El-Adabiya, Arish and El Tor. In 2021, the SCA's revenue rose 12.5 percent YoY to a record $6.3 billion. Immediately following the end of the second World War, company profits rose greatly due to petroleum shipments and the company reserved much of this income. Article. [64] Other international guests included the American natural historian H. W. [4], In that original concession, founding members of the Company were to receive 10 percent of the canal's profits. Following the Suez crisis, the Suez Company reinvented itself as a diversified investment firm. Much wreckage from this conflict remains visible along the canal's edges. Its length is . 13 June 1956: Suez Canal Zone was restored to Egyptian sovereignty, following British withdrawal of about 90,000 troops and years of negotiations. Economically, after its completion, the Suez Canal benefited primarily the sea trading powers of the Mediterranean countries, which now had much faster connections to the Near and Far East than the North and West European sea trading nations such as Great Britain or Germany. The board of directors of the concessionaire company would have 32 members, each serving for eight years. Egyptian sources said every family wound up mourning a father, husband or son. The construction of the canal was one of the reasons for the Panic of 1873 in Great Britain, because goods from the Far East had, until then, been carried in sailing vessels around the Cape of Good Hope and stored in British warehouses. With Necho's death, work was discontinued. The five pontoon bridges were opened between 2016 and 2019. [75] This was the origin of the Suez Canal Net Tonnage and the Suez Canal Special Tonnage Certificate, both of which are still in use today. Tawfiq was challenged for leadership during a nationalist uprising in 1880 by Colonel Ahmad Urabi. Historically, the construction of the canal was preceded by cutting a small fresh-water canal called Sweet Water Canal from the Nile delta along Wadi Tumilat to the future canal, with a southern branch to Suez and a northern branch to Port Said. The British government had opposed the project from the outset to its completion. These extensions were formally opened on 6 August 2015 by President Al-Sisi. Although the first concession was granted by Egypt, at the time Egypt was an administrative subdivision of the Ottoman Empire, and so Lesseps traveled frequently to the Sublime Porte to make his case to the Grand Vizier of the sultan, Ali Pasha. Many trade flows were also shifted away from the Mediterranean ports towards Northern European terminals, such as Hamburg and Rotterdam. Until July 1956, The United Kingdom and France owned the canal, when the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized itan event which led to the Suez Crisis of October-November 1956. Who Built The Suez Canal The canal, originally owned by French investors, was conceived when Egypt was under the control of the Ottoman Empire in the mid-19th century. [69][70], Ismailia was the scene of more celebrations the following day, including a military "march past", illuminations and fireworks, and a ball at the Governor's Palace. Sanford (1938), p.72; Garrison (1999), p.36. Despite the efforts of the United States, Israel, Egypt, and others to obtain an extension of the UN role in observing the peace between Israel and Egypt, as called for under the EgyptIsrael peace treaty of 1979, the mandate could not be extended because of the veto by the Soviet Union in the UN Security Council, at the request of Syria. East and West of Suez the Suez Canal in History 18541956. [7], Prior to the existence of the Suez Canal, Port Said and Lake Timsah had few residents, the Great Bitter Lake was a dry basin, and drinking water was difficult to find. Hubert Bergmann "Selfmademan und Tycoon mit Weitblick: Pasquale Freiherr von Revoltella (German: Self-made man and tycoon with a vision: Pasquale Freiherr von Revoltella" In: Der Standard 25 June 2020. The canal was constructed between 1859 and 1869 to simplify that route. In 1997, it merged with water utility and construction conglomerate Lyonnaise des eaux[fr] to form Suez-Lyonnaise des eaux. 10 January 1950: Passenger tariffs are abolished. [23], In 1876, Ismail again faced government debt payment issues and was forced to join an international commission which would govern Egypt's finances known as Dual Control. [166] This will allow navigation in both directions simultaneously in the 72-kilometre-long (45mi) central section of the canal. Explained: The Whole Scenario Of Suez Canal. [105][106] The project cost more than LE 59.4 billion (US$9 billion) and was completed within a year. The dominant, south to north, migratory passage across the canal is often called Lessepsian migration (after Ferdinand de Lesseps) or "Erythrean invasion". The average number of shares bought by French investors amounted to nine shares each. It 'Might Take Weeks' To Free Ship Stuck In Suez Canal The CEO of the Dutch company Boskalis, which is working to dislodge the 1,300-foot-long ship, compared the vessel to "an enormous beached whale." None of the shares reserved for Britain, Russia, Austria, or the United States were bought. The bypasses were 78km (48mi) out of 193km (120mi) (40%). Market Realist is a registered trademark. Oxford Clarendon Press. The canal was returned to Egypt after the United States disapproved of the action. [citation needed], The Red Sea is generally saltier and less nutrient-rich than the Mediterranean, so that Erythrean species will often do well in the 'milder' eastern Mediterranean environment. Six new tunnels for cars and trains are also planned across the canal. Lawrence and Faisal's Arab revolt during the war against the Ottomans. Becoming the trusted partner for circular solutions in water and waste. [6], In late Spring of 1858, the French Academy of Sciences released a public report approving of the engineering plans for the canal. [33] It may be that by Darius's time a natural[12] waterway passage which had existed[11] between the Heroopolite Gulf and the Red Sea[34] in the vicinity of the Egyptian town of Shaluf[12] (alt. 2021. The Ever Given, owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, got wedged Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the . [5] The canal is operated and maintained by the state-owned Suez Canal Authority[6] (SCA) of Egypt. The 1888 Convention of Constantinople declared the canal a neutral zone under British protection. The amendments allow vessels loaded with dangerous cargo (such as radioactive or flammable materials) to pass if they conform with the latest amendments provided by international conventions. [104], In 2014, months after taking office as President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered the expansion of the Ballah Bypass from 61 metres (200ft) wide to 312 metres (1,024ft) wide for 35 kilometres (22mi). Following its nationalization in 1982 and privatization in 1987, the Suez Company in 1988 successfully participated in a takeover battle for control of the Socit Gnrale de Belgique, which significantly broadened its portfolio of activities. In December 1863, Voisin hired Paul Borel and Alexandre Lavalley's company, Borel, Lavalley, and Company, to design, build, and operate the dredging and excavation machines to finish the canal. [97], On 6 October 1973, during the Yom Kippur War, the canal was the scene of the Operation Badr, in which the Egyptian military crossed the Suez Canal into Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula. After the company became defunct in the late 1990s, the canal was generating $2 billion a year in revenue for Egypt.[30]. South of the lakes, the current changes with the tide at Suez. It was owned by a French company and the ruler of Egypt before the Egyptian stake was bought up by the British. In October 1954 the UK tentatively agreed to remove its troops from the Canal Zone. More closely relying on the limited reported data of the time, the number would be fewer than 1,000. Harkness. 9 How many locks are in the . At the end of 1862, the access canal connecting Lake Timsah to the Mediterranean Sea was complete. At that time, it was also necessary to consider whether the goods to be transported could bear the costly canal tariff. [65] In the afternoon there were blessings of the canal with both Muslim and Christian ceremonies, a temporary mosque and church having been built side by side on the beach. [8], Said died in mid-January 1863, and in late-January, just before Ismail began the process of establishing himself as the new viceroy of Egypt by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz, Ismail declared that he was establishing reforms in the ways of the creation of a civil service list and the abolishment of corve labor. Herodotus tells that the reason the project was abandoned was because of a warning received from an oracle that others would benefit from its successful completion. [95], After the Yom Kippur War, the United States initiated Operation Nimbus Moon. An oil tanker going from Saudi Arabia to the United States has 4,345km (2,700mi) farther to go when taking the route south of Africa rather than the canal. Harry de Wilt: Is One Belt, One Road a China crisis for North Sea main ports? 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