{"id":173,"date":"2016-11-30T15:02:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/?p=173"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:59:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T12:59:14","slug":"suez-canal-to-bab-el-mandeb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/suez-canal-to-bab-el-mandeb\/","title":{"rendered":"Suez Canal to Bab-el-Mandeb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Suez Canal to Bab-el-Mandeb<\/strong> links Asia, India and the Arabian Gulf to Europe and the East Coast of North America.<\/p>\n<p><em>Important cargoes that pass through the Canal <\/em>\u2013 Containers, oil, oil products; grain; minerals<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Times when the Canal was in the news <\/em>\u2013 Although the Canal was not closed during World War 2, it was not used as much during the time that the Mediterranean Sea was a war zone as ships were likely to be attacked as they passed through. As the German invasionary force withdrew from North Africa and Greece, the Mediterranean Sea became less involved in the war, and more ships began to use the canal. The Canal was closed from October 1956 to March 1957 and from June 1967 to May 1995 due to hostilities in the area around the Canal. For a while on each occasion, the canal was physically blocked as bridges were bombed and ships were sunk in the Canal. During times when the Canal was closed, thousands of ships were diverted to the Cape Route, making the route via Cape Agulhas extremely important.<\/li>\n<li><em>Important Note <\/em>: In September 2015, a second canal \u2013 parallel to the original canal \u2013 was opened. This means that shipping traffic can pass through the Canal in opposite directions, reducing transit times from about 23 hours to 11 hours. Interestingly, the second canal with a length of over 80 kilometres was built in one year!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-221 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-682x1024.png\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-768x1153.png 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-97x146.png 97w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-33x50.png 33w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1-50x75.png 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/suez_1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-image-182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1.jpg\" alt=\"suez_1\" width=\"837\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1.jpg 837w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The foredeck of the gas tanker <em>Al Mourrona<\/em> as she passes through the Suez Canal. <em>Photograph : Captain Steve Tucker<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_181\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2.jpg\" alt=\"suez_2\" width=\"837\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2.jpg 837w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_2-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This containership has just entered the Suez Canal from the south. \u00a0<em>Photograph : Captain Charles Kingon <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_180\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3.jpg\" alt=\"suez_3\" width=\"837\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3.jpg 837w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_3-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passing through the Suez Canal, heading northwards towards Port Said. <em>Photograph : Captain Charles Kingon <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_179\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-image-179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4.jpg\" alt=\"suez_4\" width=\"837\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4.jpg 837w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-12\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/suez_4-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the Suez Canal. Note the containership ahead. <em>Photograph : Captain Charles Kingon<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suez Canal to Bab-el-Mandeb links Asia, India and the Arabian Gulf to Europe and the East Coast of North America. 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