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The Suez Canal (/ ˈ s uː. ɛ z /; Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
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Tariff level. Water and sewer tariffs in Egypt are very low in international comparison. 80% of subscribers receive a bill based on meter readings. [48] Other subscribers are charged a flat rate which is estimated according to the kind of building. [10] In Cairo residential water tariffs were 29 piastres (about 5 US cents [56]) per m 3 in 2008 ...
During the 20th century, U.S.-Panama tensions worsened and there were growing protests against U.S. control of the canal, notably after the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, when British and French plans ...
Panama Canal – Shipping route across Central America; Suez Canal – Artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt; Tariff – Goods and services import/export tax; Trade Adjustment Assistance – US internal economic program; Trade bloc – Intergovernmental open trading group; Trade finance – Strategies to facilitate trade
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is an Egyptian state-owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by the Egyptian government to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis .
A port situated in Ain Sokhna, a region of Suez Governorate of Egypt. [2] A major international gateway port for Egypt, the Persian Gulf and Asia, Ain Sokhna Port is located on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez, 43 km south of the city of Suez. [3] Covering an area of 22.3 km 2, it has a depth of 18 m. Due to abundant surrounding land, the ...
Brearley points out that until the Panama Canal opened in 1914, ships going from Europe to the west coast of the Americas had to dip round Cape Horn — the southern tip of South America — and ...