Suez Canal

The bigger canal in the world, total length of 168 km with biggest width in certain points 160-200 m. and depth of 11,60 m. her manufacture began from the Ferdinando Lesseps in 1854 and her official openings became 17 November 1869. In her manufacture participated also Greek from the Kaso and the Kastelorizo somebodies from which they were installed permanently in the region.

Her importance in the World Navigation is enormous. Linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea it creates a really commercial artery Europe - ND, Southerner and Asia up to Far East.

In 1956 the Naser nationalised the canal putting an end to the british sovereignty consequently a english-french undertaking at Egypt which failed men, but kept closed the canal up to 1957.A big number of navigators and more inferior employees of company was Greeks with very big acceptances.

Later in the War of six Days in June 1967, between Arabs and Israelis, canal it suffered serious damage that him kept closed on seven years intervened also the newer Israeli-egyptian conflict in October 1973. Finally afterwards and from afjlokerdi' disposal of certain dredges from I. Latsis and other Greek shipowners djw'ryga it was cleaned from the shipwrecks and it was given in the service of marine transports the in May in 1975.

The boats that go through the canal overwhelm in egyptian state dues of passage (tolls) of clean capacity that are calculated with base of "capacity's canal Suez" (Suez Canal Tonnage) roughly 23% of more british calculations. Also the boats are submitted in obligatory pilotage by the entry up to their exit. The boats that go through today the canal are up to 150.000 dwt charged, but also bigger provided that they are voids of charge, with permissible thus draught. Obvious it is that the Tankers over of 150.000 dwt impregnated as well as them the 200,.300 and 400 thousand tone coast-hug Cape of Mr of Hope (Cap Route) overloaded considerably the big difference of distance.