You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. Please enable scripts and reload this page.
It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.
{{CurrentLanguage.DisplayName}}
{{Language.DisplayName}}
Home
About
Currently selected
Suez Canal Authority
SCA Overview
Board of Directors
Personnel Regulations
Retirees Healthcare
Transparency and Integrity
Suez Canal
About Suez Canal
Canal Nature
Canal History
Canal Characteristics
New Suez Canal
The Green Canal
Vision & Mission
Why Suez Canal?
Canal Treaties & Decrees
Constantinople Convention
Nationalization Decree
A Republican Decree Law No. 30 of 1975
Law No. 4 of 1998
SC & Society
Navigation
Navigation Circulars
Navigation System
Rules of Navigation
Navigation Tolls
Vessels Tolls Calculator
Yachts Tolls Calculator
Marketing Policies & Toll Rebates
Tolls Table
Navigation Statistics
Navigation Agents
SCA Companies
Shipyards
Port-Said Shipyard
Ship Repair
Ship Building
Floating Cranes Services
Quality and Non-Destructive Test Services
Metal machining and spare parts manufacturing
Casting and Forging Workshops Services
Sheet metal Cutting, Forming & Welding
Carpentry workshop and furniture manufacturing
Mechanical Installation Section and Piping workshop
The Services of the Electric Sector
Mobile cranes and diesel engines maintenance
Refilling Oxygen and Acetylene cylinders
Port-Tawfik Shipyard
Manufacture and maintenance of fiberglass products
Shipyard News
Maritime Salvage and Underwater Works
Resources
Maritime Simulator
Floating Units
Dredgers
Tugs And Cranes
Research Center
Training Services
Historical Exhibition
Bridges
Al-Nasr Bridge Status
Mansy Bridge Status
#
E-Services
Transit Request
Long Haul Rebates
Circulars Rebates
Shipyard Services
Tendering
Water Services
Circulars Terms And Conditions
Media Center
News
Events
Photo Gallery
Youtube Gallery
Animations
Routes & Time Saving
Navigation Simulation
Brochures
Downloads
Careers
Contact Us
Home
>
About
>
Why Suez Canal?
>
Importance & Advantages
Importance & Advantages
Send To Friend
Why Suez Canal?
Importance & Advantages
Currently selected
Importance of the Canal
The Suez Canal is considered to be the shortest link between the east and the west due to its unique geographic location; it is an important international navigation canal linking between the Mediterranean sea at Port said and the red sea at Suez .The unique geographical position of the Suez Canal makes it of special importance to the world and to Egypt as well.
This importance is getting augmented with the evolution of maritime transport and world trade. The maritime transport is the cheapest means of transport, whereas more than 80 % of the world trade volume is transported via waterways (seaborne trade).
Saving in distance
, time and in operating costs for vessels that transit the Canal, also firm up this importance.
Advantages of the Suez Canal
I
t is the longest canal in the world without locks.
The accidents are almost nil compared with other waterways.
Navigation goes day and night.
The Canal is liable to be widened and deepened when required, to cope with the development in ship sizes and tonnages.
With the adoption of the Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) ( a system depending upon the most up-to-date radar network), vessels can be monitored and followed on every spot of the Canal and intervention in emergency cases can be taken.
The Suez Canal accommodates the partially loaded VLCCs and ULCCs .