The world’s second-largest container ship, MSC ISABELLA, transited through the Suez Canal on Wednesday with a 234.000 ton load, Head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Osama Rabie in a press release on Thursday.
The ship is on its way to Netherlands, coming from Malaysia, and is now crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
51 ships transited the Suez Canal Wednesday.
The MSC ISABELLA crew received an honorary shield as a gift from a delegation of the Suez Canal Authority, which is a tradition for ships passing on their first voyage.
The Suez Canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government’s main sources of foreign currency.
It has hit a set of records in revenues and number of transit ships. The number of vessels that crossed the canal recorded 70679 vessels during the 2018/2019 fiscal year with a record of 4.268 billion tons of cargos.
Noteworthy، the Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
The canal separates the African continent from Asia; it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans. It is one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes، according to the Suez Canal Authority.
The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world.
The canal is extensively used by modern ships، as it is the fastest crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
Tolls paid by the vessels represent an important source of income for the Egyptian government.
Railway and a sweet water canal are run on the west bank parallel to the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal is a sea level Canal and the height of water level differs slightly and the extreme tidal range is 65 cm in the north and 1.9 m in the south.
The banks of the Canal are protected against the wash and waves، generated by the transit of ships، by revetments of hard stones and steel sheet piles corresponding to the nature of soil in every area.
On both sides of the Canal، there are mooring bollards every 125 m for the mooring of vessel in case of emergency، and kilometric sign posts helping locate the position of ships in the waterway.
The navigable channel is bordered by light and reflecting buoys as navigational aids to night traffic.
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