The Suez Canal

The Seuz Canal is very important to Egypt . It is the longest sea canal in the world and about 17,000 ships travel through the Canal each year . All ships must pay money to use the Canal , So we earn a lot of money from the Canal.A ship going from Saudi Arabia to Greece has to travel 18,400 kilometres if it sails round Africa . If it sails through the Suez Canal , it travels only 1,200 kilometres . The Syez Canal is important because it is quicker to travel through the Canal than to travel round Africa .