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The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ) is a special economic zone located in Egypt, established in 2015 with the aim of promoting economic growth and attracting foreign investment to the country. [1] The zone encompasses an area of over 461 square kilometers and is located along the eastern and western banks of the Suez Canal.
The Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (SETC) is an industrial estate near the city of Suez, Egypt, established by a joint partnership between the governments of the People's Republic of China and the Arab Republic of Egypt, for the purposes of inviting Chinese companies to set up industries, as part of the Belt and Road project.
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).
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 ...
Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) is a private joint venture company that obtained the concession to build, operate, and manage this new terminal. The majority (55%) shareholding of SCCT is held by APM Terminals . 20% of the shares are held by COSCO , 10% are held by Suez Canal & Affiliates, 5% by the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), and the ...
This route begins in the Mediterranean Sea, where ships transit the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, navigate the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and continue through the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. [61] It then crosses the Indian Ocean, often passing through the Strait of Malacca, before reaching Singapore and other major ports in the Far East.
The Suez Company or Suez Canal Company, full initial name Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez), [1] sometimes colloquially referred to in French as Le Suez ("The Suez"), [2] [3] was a company formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858 to operate the Egyptian granted concession of the Suez Canal, which the company built between 1859 and 1869.
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