Suez Canal: Delays continue

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In today’s episode we talk about how a massive stranded vessel in the Suez Canal might potentially disrupt global trade.

Am 30. November 1854 erhielt der französische Ingenieur Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps die Genehmigung zum Bau eines Kanals vom Mittelmeer zum Roten Meer. Die Konzession des Suez-Kanals wurde vom ägyptischen Vizekönig Said Pascha erteilt und räumte Lesseps Bau- und Betreibungsrechte ...  Show more

Africa is big. Really big. And for thousands of years, people have dreamed of a way to cut through the narrowest part of the Siani Peninsula to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. In the 19th century, that dream was actualized. Since then, the canal has had its own his ...  Show more

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and the West. But ever since its legendary construction in 1869, the Suez Canal has been at the centre of conflict and controversy. Why ...  Show more