It can take a ship up to 16 hours to pass through the 101-mile Suez Canal. Opened in November 1869, it links the Mediterranean and Red Seas and is among the world’s most traveled shipping lanes. Vessels have to go slowly so their wakes won’t erode the canal’s banks. (Don Victorio / Shutterstock)
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