1. Suez Canal Figures & Photos 1859 1869 1882 1914 1940 1954 1956 1975
Suez Canal Authority
1859
1869
1882
1914
1940
1954
1956
1975
1980
1994
1996
2002
2008
Suez Canal
Figures & Photos

2. Linking the two seas through the Nile branches
SC in the History
Suez Canal Authority
1887 BC Canal of the Pharos - Sesostris ( Senusret III )
1310 BC Canal of the Pharos - ( Seti I )
610 BC Canal of the Pharos - ( Necho )
510 BC Canal of the Persians - ( King Darius )
285 BC Canal of the Ptolemans - ( Ptolemy II )
117 AD Canal of the Romans - ( Trajan )
640 AD Canal of Arab ـ ( Emir El-Mo’ meneen )
Canal of Sesostris
Linking the two seas through the Nile branches 2

3. Days to Remember 17/11/1869 Inauguration of the Suez Canal
Suez Canal Authority
17/11/ Inauguration of the Suez Canal
26/7/ Nationalization of the Suez Canal
15/9/1956 Withdrawal of foreign pilots
29/10/1956 Closure of the Suez Canal ( 1956 War )
10/4/1957 Reopening the Canal following the Suez War
5/6/1967 Closure of the Canal ( 1967 War )
6/10/1973 October War
5/6/1975 Reopening the Canal after October War
16/12/1980 The Canal Development Project ( First Stage )

4. Digging of the SC (1) First Concession Agreement - 30 November 1854
Suez Canal Authority
First Concession Agreement - 30 November 1854
Founding the Suez Canal Company -15 December 1858
Start of digging - 27 April 1859
End of digging works - 12 August 1869
Digging and sand removal works
First digging works

5. Digging of the SC (2) Volume of excavation Digging Costs
Suez Canal Authority
Volume of excavation
74 million cubic meters of sand
Digging Costs
369 million French Francs
( 14 million Egyptian Pounds )
Digging Costs
369 million French Francs
( 14 million Egyptian Pounds )
Digging works at Ismailia
Peoples worked in the digging
1.5 million
Peoples lost their lives
120,000
Laborers during the digging works

6. Stages of Digging (1)-18 March 1862
Suez Canal Authority
(1)-18 March 1862
Mediterranean waters had flowed into Lake Timsah
(2)- 18 March 1869
Mediterranean waters had reached the Bitter Lakes
(3)- 15 August 1869
Red Sea waters had reached the small Bitter Lakes
(4)- 18 August 1869
The two seas had been linked
(1)
(2)
(4)
(3)

7. SC Inauguration Ceremony
Suez Canal Authority
Opening Ceremony in Egypt (1)
17 November 1869
Ceremony’s attendances
6000 Dignitaries
Ceremony’s Cost
LE 2 million
Main Stage for high-ranking Dignitaries
Dinner banquet in Ismailia

8. SC Inauguration Ceremony
Suez Canal Authority
Opening Ceremony in Egypt (2)
Hundreds of tents, a luxurious palace,
an opera house
and
more than 77 vessels & boats on Lake Timsah were at the disposal of the honored guests

9. SC Inauguration Ceremony
Suez Canal Authority
Opening Ceremony in Egypt (3)
State delegates
who attended the Ceremony
Guests of
the Inauguration Ceremony

10. Development of the Waterway
Suez Canal Authority
Description
1869
1956
At Present
Overall length Km
164
175
190.3
Doubled parts - 29 78
Canal depth M 10 14
22.5
Permissible max. draught Ft 22 35 62
Permissible max. size of laden ship
1000 DWT 5 30
220

11. Night traffic started on
1st March 1887
Suez Canal Authority

12. Convention of Constantinople
Suez Canal Authority
19 October 1888
( Guaranteed Right of Passage of all Ships through the SC )
It was signed by Great Britain, Germany, Austro-Hungary,
Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, and Turkey

13. Persons in the History of SC
Suez Canal Authority
Before the Digging of the Present Canal
The Pharaoh (Senusret III) 610 BC
Persian King (Darius) 510 BC
Roman King (Trajan) 117 AD
Ptolemy II
285 BC

14. Persons in the History of SC Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt
Suez Canal Authority
During the Digging of the Present Canal
Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt
( )
De Lesseps ( )
Khedive Ismail
( )

15. Egypt’s Rulers & Kings before 1952
Suez Canal Authority
Egypt’s Rulers & Kings before 1952
Viceroy Said
( 1854 – 1863 )
Khedive Ismail
( 1863 – 1879 )
Khedive Tewfiq
( 1879 – 1892 )
Khedive Abbas Helmi II
( 1892 – 1914 )
Sultan Hussain Kamel
( 1914 – 1917 )
King Fouad I
( 1917 – 1936 )
King Farouk I
( 1936 – 1952 )

16. Egypt’s Presidents after 1952
Suez Canal Authority
Egypt’s Presidents after 1952
Mohammed Naguib
( 1952 – 1954 )
Gamal Abdel Nasser
( 1954 – 1970 )
Anwar Al-Sadat
( 1970 – 1981 )
Hosni Mubarak
( 1981 – 2011)

17. Prince Auguste-Louis-Albéric ( 1896 – 1913 )
SC Chairmen
Suez Canal Authority
( Before the Nationalization of the SC - 26 July 1956 )
De Lesseps
( 1855 – 1894 )
Jules Guichard
( 1894 – 1896 )
Prince Auguste-Louis-Albéric ( 1896 – 1913 )
François Chales -Roux
) )
Charles Jonnart
) 1913 – 1927 )
Louis de Vogüé
( 1927 – 1948 )

18. ( After the Nationalization of the SC - 26 July 1956 )
SC Chairmen
Suez Canal Authority
( After the Nationalization of the SC - 26 July 1956 )
Dr. Helmi Bahgat Badawy
( 1956 – 1957 )
Eng. Mashhour A. Mashhour
( 1965 – 1983 )
Eng. Mahmoud Younis
( 1957 – 1965 )
Eng. M. Ezzat Adel
( 1984 – 1995 )
Admiral Ahmed Fadel
( 1996 – Present )

19. Doubled Parts of the SC 1)- Port-Said Bypass ( 27 km - Dug in 1980 )
Suez Canal Authority
1)- Port-Said Bypass ( 27 km - Dug in 1980 )
2)- Ballah Bypass ( 10 km - Dug in 1955 )
3)- Timsah Bypass ( 4 km - Dug in 1980 )
4)- Difresoir & kabreet Bypass ( 27 km - Dug in 1980 )

20. (1)- British Occupation of Egypt
Events and Wars
Suez Canal Authority
(1)- British Occupation of Egypt
13 September 1882
Tel El-Kebir battle was the beginning
of the British occupation of Egypt
which lasted for 72 years
Orabi deceived by the promise of
De Lesseps that the canal not be used
for war purpose, had opposed the idea
of closing the canal to protect Egypt
against British Occupation
Tal El-Kebir Battle

21. from it’s nationalization to the closure due to the war
Events and Wars
Suez Canal Authority
(2)- War 1956
29 October 1956
The Israeli attack
31 October 1956
The British / French attack
1 November 1956
Interruption of the navigation
23 December 1956
Egypt retrieved Port Said
( Victory Day )
SC remained under Egypt’s stewardship for 99 days
from it’s nationalization
to the closure due to the war

22. Events and Wars (3)- War 1967 World economy sustained
Suez Canal Authority
(3)- War 1967
World economy sustained
a loss of US$ 7 Billion
SC was closed for 8 years
( 5 June 1967 to 5 June 1975 )
Suez Canal Authority building in Port Said

23. Events and Wars (4)- War 1973 Egyptian flag hoisted on
Suez Canal Authority
(4)- War 1973
Egyptian flag hoisted on
Bar Lev fortified line
Egyptian soldiers overrun the ramparts along the Canal

24. Second re-opening of SC
Suez Canal Authority
( 5 June 1975 )
A note commemorating the re-opening occasion
Re-opening ceremony
in Port-Said

25. Dates of SC closures
Suez Canal Authority
5 Days In August 1882 during the British aggression on Egypt
76 Days During the world war II
4 Days ( 31/12/ /1/1955 ) - Tanker’s collision with Ferdan bridge
159 Days ( 2/11/ /4/1957 ) - The tripartite aggression on Egypt
8 Years ( 5/6/ /6/1975 ) - Following the 1967 war
3 Days ( 7/11/ /11/2005 ) - when a vessel grounded at km 62

26. SC Share of World Seaborne Trade
Traffic Statistics
Suez Canal Authority
1869
1956
2008
No of vessels
104
3 291
22 000
Net Ton
Ton
107 M. Ton
900 M. Ton
Toll Revenues
FF 1.3 Million
US$ 39 Million
US$ 5 Billion
SC Share of World Seaborne Trade
10 %

27. Saving in Distance via SC
Suez Canal Authority
Rotterdam
Via Cape
mile
Via SC
6 436 mile
Ras Tanura
From To
Saving
N. Miles %
Ras Tanura
Lavera
966 57
Rotterdam
7334 42
Jeddah
Pireas
8879 88
Singapore
6473 29

28. Traffic System Three convoys / day ( 2 Southbound & 1 Northbound )
Suez Canal Authority
Three convoys / day ( 2 Southbound & 1 Northbound )
Pilotage is compulsory in the Canal
( 4 Pilots are assigned for each ship throughout its trip
in the Canal )
Permissible speed is km / hr
Time interval between vessels is min or km
Average transit time is hrs N2 N1 S

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