Suez Canal

channel

Passage for transmission

• locksSecurity fastening devices
• dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
• navigationDetermining position and course
• passageSegment of text

watercraft · tugboat · transit time · expansion · engineering · excavation

British Empire

Vast colonial domain

• nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
• NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
• 1956Mid-fifties calendar year
• Six-Day WarWeek-minus-one combat, 1967

closure · reopening · Ottoman Empire · colonial era · Disraeli · international zone

2021

Twenty-twenty-one

• groundingConnecting to earth
• obstructionSomething blocking the way
• container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
• traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles

stranding · salvage · dredging · tugboats · backlog · chokepoint · stuck · refloating

trade route

Path for commerce

• shortcutQuicker alternative path
• commerceExchange of goods, services
• global tradeCross-border economic exchange
• oil transportMoving petroleum between locations

import · export · shipping costs · freight · strategic importance · time savings · supply chain

Egypt

Northeastern African nation

• Sinai PeninsulaEgyptian desert landmass
• Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
• Mediterranean SeaIntercontinental landlocked water body
• Nile DeltaEgyptian river's alluvial plain

North Africa · Middle East · Africa · Asia · continental divide · isthmus

container ship

Vessel carrying standardized freight boxes

• tankerVessel for liquid bulk
• cargo vesselShip for transporting goods
• freighterVessel for transporting goods
• maritime trafficWaterborne transportation activity

shipping lane · transit · tonnage · pilotage · convoy · harbor pilot · port authority · northbound