Thanks to its geographical location, the Suez Canal is universally acknowledged as the shortest maritime route between east and west. The canal has contributed to the promotion of international seaborne trade movement between countries both to the north and south of the canal, particularly those overlooking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

 

 

The Canal projects are designed to attract super-tankers and enhance international trade movement. In order to maintain the competitive advantage of the services rendered by this international maritime channel, the development of this facility is focused on upgrading the maritime course by deepening the draft from 58 feet to 68 feet, to allow super-vessels with loads up to 300,000 tons or a net tonnage of more than 500,000 tons to pass freely. A favorable and flexible tariff policy was adopted to attract international trade movement through the canal.

 

Available maritime services and facilities were upgraded, with emphasis on the level of performance, service and security of navigation through the canal, due to the fact that it is an international waterway that facilitates and contributes to the promotion of world trade. 
 

 

More intensive efforts were exerted to make good use of the canal's unique location in terms of trade, industry, tourism and media, by building firm relationships between east and west.

1. The Suez Canal links the East with the West 

2.The Canal makes significant distance cuts between countries. It cut about 22% of the distance between the Japanese and the Dutch ports.   

3. The canal contributes to 10% of world trade which is broken down into 35% of trade to and from Red Sea and Arabian Gulf ports, 20% of trade to from Indian and Southeast Asian ports.