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Suez Canal: 8% of World Seaborne Trade



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Suez Canal (Egypt): shortest route between the sub-Indian continent and Asia-Pacific Region

Transport and Logistics in Africa. Corridors, ports
Logistics in Africa, Maritime Transport in Africa, East African Ports

The Suez Canal is one of the most heavily used Shipping lines in the World (8% of the World's seaborne trade).

  1. The Suez Canal (Egypt) is the shortest route between the sub-Indian continent and Asia-Pacific Region with European and Northern African markets
  2. The Suez Canal allows significant cost savings for vessels, both in terms of time and logistics

Foreign Trade and Business in East Africa, AI
Business in East Africa

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

  1. Introduction to the Suez Canal
  2. The Suez Canal Authority
  3. Strategic importance of the Canal
  4. New Suez Canal

Sample - Suez Canal
Suez Canal (Egypt): 8% of World Seaborne Trade

African Students (Masters, Courses, Foreign Trade, Business)

The Subject “Suez Canal” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Course: Maritime Transport.

Maritime Transport, Bill of Lading (BL)

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Doctorate in African Business, Global Logistics.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Canal de Suez. Summaries in Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Canal de Suez Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Canal de Suez.


  1. By ex: from the Port of Tokyo to the Port of Rotterdam saving of 23% and 3.315 Nm (comparing Via Cape)
  2. Ships crossing the Suez Canal should pay tolls
  3. Interval between ships: 10-16 min (2-3 kilometers)
  4. Railway parallels to the Suez Canal
  5. Sea level channel (unnecessary flood gates)
  6. Six bypasses in Port Said, Ballah, Timsah, Deversoir, Bitter Lakes, and Kabret
  7. The Suez Canal was open in 1989. In 1956 was nationalized
  8. New Suez Canal Project. Shortening transit time from 18 hours to 11 hours
  9. Monthly Number of vessel: 1,411 (Jan 2015)

The Suez Canal belongs to the East African Economic Area.

Trans-African Corridors related to the Suez Canal:

  1. Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
  2. Cairo-Dakar Logistics Corridor

More information about Egypt (EENI African Business Portal).

  1. Giza
  2. Port Said
  3. Cairo
  4. Alexandria
  5. Shubra El Kheima

Egyptian Businessman:

  1. Ahmed Mekky
  2. Tarek Talaat Moustafa
  3. Hassan Abdalla
  4. Mohamed Mansour
  5. Onsi Sawiris
  6. Minoush Abdel-Meguid

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

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