Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Suez Canal
Suez canal and crisis
A Dictionary of British History
|
2004
|
|
© A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Suez canal and crisis The 106–mile canal links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It was built by the international Suez Canal Company, under the guidance of Ferdinand de Lesseps, and opened in 1869. The British gained an interest in 1875 when
Disraeli purchased 40 per cent of the shares from the khedive for the government. The canal was protected by British troops from 1883 until 1956. In July 1956 the Egyptian government, under Nasser, nationalized the canal despite the fact that the Canal Company's concession ran until 1968. Anglo‐French military intervention in November failed to regain control of the canal,which reopened in April 1957. The canal was again closed during the ‘Six Day War’ of June 1967 and did not reopen until 1975.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Panama and Suez.(builder of the Suez Canal fails in his attempt to build a Panama Canal)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Suez and Panama canals, is the terrain through which each canal must go. The Suez Canal joins two...Panama Canal. At Suez, some 87 million...removed to create a canal about 100 miles long. The Panama and Suez canals, although different...
|
|
Suez Canal is raking in the revenues: before the US invasion of Iraq last year, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority predicted that a fully-fledged war in the Middle East would disrupt regional maritime traffic, slashing canal revenues by 10% or more. In reality, exactly the opposite has happened.
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; THE SUEZ CANAL IS IN THE MIDST OF booming...for Iraq. Last year, the Suez Canal generated $2.57bn...Fadel, chief of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said that...city of Ismailia, where the Suez Canal Authority is headquartered...
|
 "Daily News Egypt (Egypt)")
|
The Suez Canal, 140 years on.
Newspaper article from: Daily News Egypt (Egypt); 7/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...Ten years and 163 km later, the Suez Canal was complete; an artificial waterway...come.Aa In November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was officially inaugurated by...Ismail in a lavish ceremony. The Suez Canal Company -- in charge of constructing...
|
|
EGYPT: Suez Canal is raking in the revenues
Magazine article from: Middle East; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Iraq last year, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority predicted that...By Larry Luxner. THE SUEZ CANAL IS IN THE MIDST OF...cargo pass through the Suez Canal. Average transit time...AIi Fadel, chief of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA...
|
|
|
Crisis takes toll on Suez Canal revenues.
Newspaper article from: Daily News Egypt (Egypt); 2/16/2009; 700+ words
; CAIRO: Suez Canal revenues fell 20 percent...a slowdown in Suez Canal revenues." Egyptian...last Tuesday growth of Suez Canal revenues fell...and in turn on Suez Canal revenues." A worldwide...intensified. Income from the Suez Canal has been hit...
|
|
Suez: the canal before the crisis: Steve Morewood looks at the the Rise and Fall of British Dominance of the Suez Canal in the years 1882 to 1954.
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; WHEN THE SUEZ CANAL opened in November...virtually taken over the canal, escorting British...Indian mails through Suez rather than overland...the criteria for a canal convention. The British...A year later the Suez Canal Convention was...
|
|
Suez Canal incentives offered for Asian exports
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/29/2007; ; 644 words
; ...Tribune 12-29-2007 Suez Canal incentives offered for...Coast in August called "Suez Express," according to...vessels on the route. The canal, which has offered 35...biggest container ships. The Suez has a two-way passage...
|
|
Suez Canal running smoothly under Egypt
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/20/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...nationalization of the Suez Canal, wresting control...ballast through the canal for the first time...of operation by the Suez Canal Co., 108 million...a $1.2 billion canal improvement project...first chairman of the Suez Canal Authority...
|
|
DJ Suez Canal Tanker Cargo Unloading, Over 100 Ships Blocked.
News Wire article from: FWN Select; 11/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...which ran aground in the Suez Canal two days ago, blocking...other shipping traffic. Suez Canal officials said the...trade passing through the canal has been reaching record...west from Asia through the Suez Canal toward Europe and...
|
|
|
Suez Canal looks to Asia Incentives offered to lure U.S.-bound traffic
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/29/2007; ; 538 words
; ...Tribune 12-29-2007 Suez Canal looks to Asia Incentives...from Asia increased the Suez's container tonnage 19...record $4.2 billion. The canal, which has offered 35...biggest container ships. The Suez has a two-way passage...
|
|
Suez Canal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Suez Canal Arab. Qanat as Suways, waterway of Egypt extending from Port Said to Port Tawfiq (near Suez) and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez and thence with the Red Sea. The canal is somewhat more...
|
|
Suez Canal University
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY Public university founded in Isma...Sadat (1970 – 1981) founded Suez Canal University as part of his plan to rebuild and symbolically reclaim the war-damaged Suez Canal cities. In 1975 he had reopened the...
|
|
Suez canal and crisis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Suez canal and crisis. The 106-mile canal links the...Red Sea. It was built by the international Suez Canal Company, under the guidance of Ferdinand...government. It operated according to the Suez canal convention, signed at Constantinople...
|
|
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...as Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez Employees: 333,132 Sales...Century Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was the brainchild of Ferdinand...and Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez were to see their businesses...
|
|
|
Suez Crisis (1956–1957)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
SUEZ CRISIS (1956 – 1957) The British...President Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal, also involving Israel, and ending in the...announced his decision to nationalize the Suez Canal Company. This came as a rebuff to...
|
