The Suez Canal was built in 1869 and the purpose of its construction was to connect the Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea between Port Sayeed in the north and Port Suez in the south.
Main characteristics of Suez Canal are:
1. This canal provides a new access to Europe through the Indian Ocean.
2. This canal is 162 km in length, is 60 meters wide and has an average depth of 10 meters.
3. More than 100 ships travel through this canal every day.
4. The distance of direct sea route between Liverpool and Colombo saves about 1600 km in comparison to Cape of Good Hope Route.
