The Suez Canal was in the spotlight recently when the container vessel Ever Given became wedged diagonally across it, causing a massive backlog in shipping traffic. The idea of a canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean was a dream for many throughout history. The Egyptian Pharoahs, Persians, Romans and Ottomans all saw its potential benefits.
The canal offers the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia, making it useful for trade. Eventually a French diplomat, Ferdinand de Lesseps, was given permission by Egypt’s ruler to start working on the project in 1854. Construction started in the north and proceeded southwards, creating a hive of economic activity.
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Today, PC game developer Jason Dial announced the release of his much-anticipated Suez Canal Simulator. The game launched today on Steam and is now available for purchase and download to your Steam Library. Experience a 1-to-1 scale journey through Egypt and travel through the man-made waterway that changed the world, the Suez Canal.
Also, Dial announced that the world-famous container ship, the Ever Given, is currently under construction and will be available as a DLC add-on for Suez Canal Simulator in a few weeks. Carefully navigate your way though the Suez Canal in the 400-meter long ship that kept the world on the edge of its seat and see if you have what it takes to pilot one of the largest ships ever constructed through the sands of Egypt from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
iPolitics By Gar Pardy. Published on Apr 15, 2021 4:57pm Canada has been slow to advance its own claims in the Arctic, in both the Northwest Passage and the High Arctic. Others have not. Ever Green container ship (Suez Canal Authority photo)
The ongoing eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano on the island of St. Vincent in the eastern Caribbean remind us of the fragility of the global transportation system.
News reports of the eruptions make reference to previous ones, including one in 1902, which, along with another eruption on the neighbouring island of Martinique, were considerations in the building of the Panama Canal.
Published 13 Apr, 2021 by Mohja Amer in
History, International
When the Suez Canal was blocked last month, it became a viral news story. But
Mohja Amer noticed a lack of acknowledgment of the canal s colonial history.
After learning of joint French and British plans to invade Egypt in 1956, Anthony Nutting, Britain’s then-minister for foreign affairs, titled his book on the Suez Canal Crisis No End of a Lesson: The Story of Suez. Originally, Rudyard Kipling penned this famous phrase in his 1901 poem The Lesson, in reference to The Second Boer War (1899-1902); but this premise of, if nothing else, learning from imperial ventures was eminently still relevant over half a century later.
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