The Suez Canal is a man-made sea-level waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Suez Isthmus, separating Africa and Asia. The idea of building a canal to connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas dates back 40 centuries, as shown by history, beginning with the pharaohs and continuing through the Islamic period until it was dredged and brought to its current state.
The first who dug it was Senausert III, Pharaoh of Egypt (1874 B.C.). This canal was abandoned to silting and reopened several times. The Canal often abandoned to silting and was successfully reopened to navigation by Sity I (1310 BC), Necho II (610 BC), Persian King Darius (522 BC), Polemy II (285 BC), Emperor Trajan (117 AD) and Amro Ibn Elass (640 AD), following the Islamic conquest.
Stuck ship at Suez Canal After running aground in the Suez channel, one of the world's largest container ships was partially refloated, creating a massive traffic jam at both ends of the crucial international trade artery.
On Tuesday, the 220,000-ton, 400-meter-long Ever Given – a so-called megaship run by the Taiwanese company Evergreen – became stuck near the canal's southern end. Due to high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it had lost its ability to steer.
According to Egyptian government figures, eight tugboats were working to free the vessel, which was blocking a main lane for Asia-Europe trade, through which about 50 ships per day passed in 2019.