Modern Day Suez Canal

The Suez Canal is owned by Egypt. Roughly 19,000 ships pass through the Suez Canal every year. This canal is a huge importance for any western civilizations such as America. The reason the Suez Canal is most valuable is because of the high transportation of goods such as oil to wesern cultures. The canal provieds a much faster and safer route for transportation. This roue also helps keep goods flowing a a continual basis and the price of goods to stay at a semi steady rate.