Suez

All of these straits and both the Suez and Panama canals are busy with high volumes of merchant traffic, and also full of warships from many different nations conducting transits as well.

Typically, Suez-based pilots guide the ship through the canal.

While more than 200 vessels are in the queue to eventually traverse the Suez, several of Hapag-Lloyd’s ships are among the many others that have already been rerouted.

The situation is a giant headache, given that Suez is the node in the global shipping network with the greatest effect on world trade.

Egyptian authorities instructed the ships’ crews to anchor in the widest part of the Suez, Great Bitter Lake.

As Suez demonstrated, it was a lot easier to be tough on allies than on a potentially mortal adversary.

But in July he joined the army backed government as the interim labor minister and has defended the breaking of the Suez strikes.

In early October 1973, campaign ads of the ruling Labor Party declared, "On the banks of the Suez, all is quiet."

Chaos has also been reported in Alexandra, Port Said, Tanta, Mansoura, Sohag, and Suez.

Al Qaeda and Zawahiri know they have been bypassed in the streets of Cairo, Suez and Alexandria.

Indeed, we have almost been induced to believe that there is nothing adventurous west of Suez.

Mails and passengers went by steamer to Suez, and then by train to Alexandria, where they joined another steamer.

Mr. Godstone himself did not go out with us, but went across by Suez and joined us there for the homeward voyage.

Dean Stanley, on his route from Suez to Sinai, met with one which prevailed the whole day.

A few short halts at stations, and we detrain at Suez, to resume our journey by sea; we have completed the overland portion of it.