Completed in 1869, the Suez Canal is a 102 mile long man-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Today this canal plays an important part in commerce and the transportation of goods, allowing relatively easy passage from Western Europe to the ports of Asia and the Pacific, saving a lengthy journey around the African Continent. The canal is controlled by the Suez Canal Authority, an organization of the Arab Republic of Egypt, which allows it to be used by any vessel of any nation, whether it be war ship or freighter. This canal is used incredibly frequently as it plays a very important part in the transportation of goods and people from Europe to Asia, as well as United States warships to the areas that they are to be stationed in the Middle East.
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