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Page 105
At best , he thought , the short cut cleaving the land bridge between Africa and Asia would serve only a few hundred ships a year . Now in a typical year some 11,700 vessels ply the route , bearing more than 72,000,000 long tons of ...
At best , he thought , the short cut cleaving the land bridge between Africa and Asia would serve only a few hundred ships a year . Now in a typical year some 11,700 vessels ply the route , bearing more than 72,000,000 long tons of ...
Page 106
Dredgers have set about deepening the channel by another 20 inches to handle ships drawing up to 36 feet of water . This alone involves removal of 8,800,000 cubic yards of earth and rock . Suez never sleeps .
Dredgers have set about deepening the channel by another 20 inches to handle ships drawing up to 36 feet of water . This alone involves removal of 8,800,000 cubic yards of earth and rock . Suez never sleeps .
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Standing right where we were , night and day , from April to December , we could have watched 22,493 ships go by this spot . Not all were different vessels , of course . Many of them were the same ships , retracing their route .
Standing right where we were , night and day , from April to December , we could have watched 22,493 ships go by this spot . Not all were different vessels , of course . Many of them were the same ships , retracing their route .
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