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SeaBird for oil services working in the field of marine and diving services in the middle east , and in salvage , survey , anitpollution , and all other services related to oil industry. , Port El Tor , El Tor , Tor , El-Tor Prot , EL YAM , Red Sea , Egyptian Port , SeaBird COMPANY , largest offshore marine service fleet in Middle East , Middle East , Sinai Anchor handling , Tug Supply vessels , Marine Construction , Fire Fighting , Antipollution ....... SeaBird was founded in 1978 with the aim of meeting Egypt's requirements of MARINE AND OFFSHORE services with the Egyptian Calibers, the thing that was lacking in the Egyptian market. Since then, the range of the most integrated, prompt package of MARINE AND OFFSHORE services offered by SeaBird, has steadily increased to become one of the most sophisticated range a competitor can afford. Thus, SeaBird, has chosen to invest heavily in new specializes in Marine Offshore Work such as Marine activities, Diving Activities, Salvage, Offshore Oil Fields Maintenance & Repair Projects, Owns & Maintains Onshore Support Bases. SeaBird owns & maintains a Support Fleet. New Page 1 Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet BASES Operation Port EL TOR SeaBird was founded in 1978 with the aim of meeting Egypt's requirements of MARINE AND OFFSHORE services with the Egyptian Calibers, the thing that was lacking in the Egyptian market. Since then, the range of the most integrated, prompt package of MARINE AND OFFSHORE services offered by SeaBird, has steadily increased to become one of the most sophisticated range a competitor can afford. Thus, SeaBird, has chosen to invest heavily in new specializes in Marine Offshore Work such as Marine activities, Diving Activities, Salvage, Offshore Oil Fields Maintenance & Repair Projects, Owns & Maintains Onshore Support Bases. SeaBird owns & maintains a Support Fleet. SeaBird is now based in Egypt, having started its activities in 1978. It is well capitalized, with fixed assets close to U.S.D. 60 Million. It has a high reputation among the numerous oil companies that used its services for the past fourteen years. SeaBird's fleet of 29 vessels has a wide range of special ships able to perform any exploration and production related support. The fleet includes Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels, Tug/Mooring Vessels, Survey Ships, Crane/Flat Top Barges, Firefighting Vessels, Vessels fitted with oil pollution control systems and pollution monitoring. SeaBird's diving activities are extensive, with over 6,000 dives per year. For example Non destructive tests, Magnetic particle inspections, Jackup rigs bottom survey, Coring & piling, Pipelines inspections, Cathodic protection system survey, Diving support for jetty construction works, Submarine cables laying, etc. SeaBird's clients' list includes PHILIPS, AGIP, AMOCO, BP, SHELL, SANTA FE, TOTAL, FUJIKURA, SAIPEM, K.O.C, GASCO, TEXACO, FERTIL, ADMA-OPCO, VMGL,---etc. SeaBird's Salvage operations include Detecting & Locating ship lifting, clearing ports/canals/jetties of wrecks & explosives. SeaBird has extensive experience in Offshore oil fields Maintenance & Repair projects such as Anodes retrofitting and Mechanical repair works, etc. SeaBird's Onshore support bases provide Essential Logistic & Technical support for the Offshore Activities. This includes a Private communication network of Telephone , Wireless and Data Transfer system. Also it includes Spare Parts Warehouses, Supply stores, Repair yards, Accommodation & Messing facilities for crews, etc. SeaBird is a FREE ZONE Joint Stock Company; its official headquarters are located in Port Said, with offices in Cairo, Alexandria and Abu Dhabi New Page 1 Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet BASES Operation Port EL TOR The SeaBird fleet embraces a wide range of specialized tonnage able to perform any exploration/production related support duties. The fleet includes Anchor Handling, Tug Supply vessels, Survey ships and crane/Flat top Barges. Our vessels are equipped with Fire Fighting capabilities and fitted with oil pollution detection and control systems SeaBird owns and operates 29 Vessels and it is the largest Egyptian Company in this field . Our fleet consists of : 15 Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels. 10 Purpose designed Tug/Mooring, Survey, Diving-Support Boats with Fire Fighting facilities. 2 Crane/Deck Barge. 5 Anchor Handling Tug/Supply Vessels - owned by "MZ" - manned operated and managed by SeaBird. "MZ" is a joint venture owned by SeaBird and TIDEWATER MARINE CO. 3 Mooring and Supply Vessels owned by Gulf of Suez Oil Co. (GUPCO), manned and operated by SeaBird. 6 Tug and anchor handling & supply boats owned by Sumed and manned and operated by SeaBird. 13 Mooring and service boat owned by Sumed and manned and operated by SeaBird. Vessels are operated and manned by SeaBird's experienced Crews who are thoroughly familiar with all the facets of Oil field Supply, Rig and Barge Tow, Anchor Pattern Handling, Survey operations and Berthing for all types of commercial tonnage. New Page 1 Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet Bases Operation Port EL TOR Since 1978, over than 6000 successful dives are carried out yearly by SeaBird's divers covering all types of under-water services. SeaBird & Oil Services is the largest ship owner and diving company in Egypt. We are involved with all the Companies working in the oil field in the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean Sea, offering them marine services and a wide range of under-water diving tasks. SeaBird & Oil Services was formed in 1978. It has grown to reach the standards of the International Diving Companies, using the most updated equipment and supported by experienced management and highly educated supervisors. During the growth of our Company, it has been the SeaBird policy to achieve a high degree of professionalism in our services. We have succeeded in employing Experienced Diving Teams and sending them to the United Kingdom, to get the refresher specialized courses needed. Our qualified divers are experienced in using air and mixed gas, also in diving from D.P. Vessels and capable to perform the following attentive tasks: Non destructive test. Splash zone coating. Anodes retrofitting. Offshore grouting operations. U/W mechanical repair. S.B.M. (Single Buoy Mooring)inspection and maintenance. Under water hot and cold cutting and welding. Semi sub rigs bottom survey. Power cable laying and repair operations. Coring and piling. Marine growth removal using water jetting liqua blaster. Pipelines and risers inspection. Sea berth inspection and maintenance. Rigs coast guard inspection. Construction operations. Video inspection using colored and low light sets and closed circuit systems. Corrosion protection system survey. All the above operations are usually performed under the supervision of most Classification Societies and Registration Offices, (i.e. Lloyds Register of Shipping, American Bureau of Shipping, etc.), engaged in offshore activities. In November 1978, SeaBird carried out its first underwater operation in Alexandria. Four divers using oxy-arc cutting equipment burned a number of 18" square holes in the drainage casing on Wepco platform of Abu Qir. Since that date, SeaBird's divers performed all over the coasts of Egypt in offshore field operations. SeaBird for oil services working in the field of marine and diving services in the middle east , and in salvage , survey , anitpollution , and all other services related to oil industry. , Port El Tor , El Tor , Tor , El-Tor Prot , EL YAM , Red Sea , Egyptian Port , SeaBird COMPANY , largest offshore marine service fleet in Middle East , Middle East , Sinai Introduction: Port El Tor is one of the oldest ports in history and an ancient pharaonic garrison town in South Sinai. El Tor (previously called El Yam and Raithu ) welcomed the Prophet Moses and his followers during the escape, provided them with food and water in their great escape from Pharon. In the second century, the city was an asylum for the Christians who safely settled in the city fleeing the roman tyranny. From this days Port El Tor has its importance & weight among other Red Sea Ports. During the 16-18 centuries Port El Tor was the main Egyptian Port on the Red Sea. During the 19 & 20 centuries Port El Tor was mainly used as a quarantine for Moslem Pilgrims, returning from Mekka. Quarantine Buildings are still existing inside the port. In 2004, SeaBird COMPANY, with its largest offshore marine service fleet in Middle East and long experience in the field or management and operation of specialized ports, signed with the Egyptian government a long term contract for managing and operation of Port El Tor. SeaBird is planning to upgrade the port, increase its facilities & extend the Port capacity to accommodate larger sizes & bigger numbers of vessels. Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet Bases Operation Port EL TOR El Tor Port E-Mail: seabird@seabird-marine.com m COPYRIGHT 2003 SeaBird Group INC. - Computer Department ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. New Page 1 Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet BASES Operation Port EL TOR Due to the fact that our diving teams are EX-NAVAL force staff with great experience in cleaning ports from mines, explosives, and obstacles and salvage activities, our qualified divers are experienced in using air and mixed gas, diving from D.P. Vessels, and capable to perform the following attentive tasks: SALVAGE SeaBird SURVEY DIVISION has the expertise of the highest standard. We own high quality technical equipment to execute Sea bed profiling & Surface/Subsurface surveys, by using the Side scan sonar, trisponders and Sub bottom equipment (magnetometers). This equipment is designed to perform identification, description and locating all kinds of wrecks and any metallic or non metallic objects, either buried or not. All these techniques are always done before executing any salvage operation. Calculation, planning and executing of grounded defective and damaged ships, using all means available on site such as towing, trimming, lightening and tide, etc. SHIP LIFTING Swinging, calculation, planning and executing of sunk ships using: Rubber of solid pontoons up to 200 tons lifting capacity . Floating cranes. Purchases. U/W OXY - Electric and explosives and lighten techniques. The ship lifting operations performed from any practical depths using even Zigzag - Course lifting. CLEARING These operations performed mainly in ports, jetties and canals to recover wrecks and explosives. Diving support for jetty construction works. Submarine cables laying New Page 1 Welcome Marine Diving Survey Salvage Projects Fleet Bases Operation Port EL TOR It is worth mentioning in this regard that SeaBird is considered one of the leading Egyptian companies that undertakes off-shore construction repair works. The following are samples of the projects carried out by SeaBird & OIL SERVICES - Projects Sector: FUJIKURA ROUTE SURVEY JULY 1983 SeaBird carried out a route survey for submarine cables at Abu Qir between platforms P1 & P2. Our final report and maps have been approved and used as main supporting documents to determine the final cable route. WEPCO CABLE LAYING 1983 SeaBird & FUJIKURA jointly completed the laying of 6600 volt cross linked polyethylene insulated composite submarine cables with communication conductor in Abu Qir offshore gas field on schedule. This included: 1. Receiving, transporting and loading of cable and equipment. 2. Route survey, plotting and placing marker buoys. 3. Installation and rigging the cable laying equipment on the cable laying barge, MOS JAMBO I. 4. Fabrication and inspection of riser clamps. 5. Sea trials of cable laying equipment. 6. Fabrication and installion of underwater cable protection. 7. Inspection and video taping of completed subsea cable. The complete installation, inspection and testing continuously monitored by representatives of WEPCO, ENPPI & G.L., were to their satisfaction. SUCO CABLE LAYING 1984 SeaBird completed the laying of 2x11 KV electrical power sub sea cables in SUCO offshore oil field at Ras Budran. The operations included: 1. Receiving and loading of two cables, each 5500 meters. 2. Route survey, plotting marker buoys. 3. Installing and rigging the cable laying equipment on our barge MOS JAMBO I. 4. Laying one cable from shore to the jacket RB-PP-B and another from shore to the flare platform. 5. Cables running parallel to existing pipelines at 5 meters spacing prior to entering J-tube via lazy loop. 6. Inspection and video recording for both cables. 7. Protecting the cables by cast iron clamps at the coral areas and the last 200 meters close to the platform and flare. 8. Sandbagging the suspensions. The complete installation, inspection and testing was continuously monitored by representatives of SUCO & GERMANISCHER LLOYDS. SUMED TEMPORARLY REPAIR OF 32 INCHES SEA LINE 1986 During 1985, our diving team on board tug boats SUMED 4 and SUMED 10 have cut 32" deballast sea line and plugged with plidco flange and blind flange. PETROBEL U/W INSPECTION 1986 Two diving teams were working 24 hours a day to perform a complete inspection on 18 jacket and production platforms. The scope of work was: 1. General Visual inspection 2. U.T. inspection 3. CP Potential readings and anodes inspection. 4. Marine growth removal. 5. Debris survey. 6. Still photos and video recording. 7. Scour Survey. 8. Magnetic particle inspection on nomitated welds. WEPCO U/W INSPECTION 1987 Structure integrity monitoring survey of two 4 legs platforms. Scope of work was as follows: 1. Marine growth measurements. 2. Ultrasonic metal thickness measurements. 3. Potential readings. 4. Magnetic particle inspection on nominated welds. 5. Still photographs and video. 6. A complete report was compiled and submitted on completion to the client's satisfaction. GUPCO SUPPORTING PIPE LINE CROSSINGS NOV. 1987 SeaBird's divers executed an excellent job at Ras Shukeir, using for the first time a D.P.vessel and 30 divers covering 24 Hrs. working time to support all the p/l crossing at the Morgan field by sand/cement bags. Most of the work was at mixed gas depth. GUPCO INSPECTION OF PLATFORM GS 382 1988 SeaBird's divers executed a complete survey for the damaged platform GS 382 after the collision with a Japanese tanker. The inspection was performed underwater and also for the above water partion of the platform, after completion of this job. The diving team executed an inspection for most of the boat landings at GUPCO offshore fields. PETROBEL U/W SURVEY FOR 31 TEMPLATES JAN. 1991 Above and under-water survey for 31 templates and production platforms. Scope of work was as follows: 1. Above and under water M.P.I. test. 2. Above and under water U.T. inspection 3. Marine growth removal 4. Above water inspection and lay out of top side facilities of the production platforms, including structural framing, bridges, weight /C.O.G., supporting beams and spans inspection. 5. Painting and coating for the above water structure. 6. Video and still photo. 7. Scour and debris survey. 8. Wall thickness measurements using graphical techniques (A.Scan) and direct digital reading (Sea Prob.200) All the above mentioned jobs were supervised and witnessed by GERMANISCHER LLOYDS, ENPPI and TECNOMARE representatives. PETROBEL (AGIP) NOV. 1991 Complete inspection and repair for 41 platforms at BELAYIM field. The scope of work was as follows: 1. N. D. T. and video recording 2. Boat landing repair and replacement. 3. Coating for the splash zone area. 4. Mechanical repair for the damaged members (fabrications & Installations) 5. Anodes fabrication and installation. 6. Routing for platforms legs. All the above mentioned jobs are performed and certified by G.L. and ENPPI Classification Societies. GUPCO (AMOCO) OFFSHORE PIPELINES SUPPORTING PR 5/91 Dec. 1991 Installing dura bags & Mattress bags for supporting the crossing and free spans of 24 , 18 and 6 sealines (Task A & B) KUWAIT OIL COMPANY LOCATION: KUWAIT (K.O.C.) AL-TAMEER PROJECT NOV. 1992 to APRIL 1993 The state of KUWAIT's main oil export facility "Sea Island" was severly destroyed during Gulf War and has to resume its function with least delay. Owners, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) / Bechtel International invited SeaBird among 12 of the worlds major international Offshore construction companies to bid for reconstruction of the Island and Sea Pipe Lines. SeaBird received the tender documents 26/9/92, submitted the offer on 19/10/92, awarded the contract on 16/11/92. Preparing a successful big engaging subcontractors covering almost all offshore activities, was itself not a small achievement. Pipe spools and steel fabrications started the next day of contract award, and diving support vessel SeaBird Explorer deployed from Egypt with divers and UEOD divers to investigate the site and locate and deburry 30 years old laid sea pipe lines. The onshore fabrications were completed, construction and derrick barge, cargo barges together with 6 vessels marine spread were on site on 1/1/93 starting the operation. Mechanical works were completed on 26/3/93 working on 48 inch crude sea pipe lines and 20 inch bunker sea pipe lines for the owners urgency . The project ended by successful hudrotesting 16 miles of each line. Scope of Work Offshore Export Facilities reinstatement, including the following: a) Fabrication Onshore . Fabricate new topsides valves and piping skid. . Fabricate riser support piles and tie backs to jackets. . Fabricate riser protection cage. . Fabricate subsea tie-in spools and spool pieces . Fabricate risers. . Fabricate topside piping and install valves. . Procure any shortage of materials to complete the work. b) Fabrication and Installation Offshore Work Associated with Platform-C J Jumpover Installation . Remove existing topsides equipment from Platform C. . Remove bridge from Platform-C to Platform-D. . Remove boat fenders on East and West side of Platform-C. . Remove access ladders on Platform-C. . Transport and install new topsides valve and piping skid on Platform-C. . Transport and install riser support piles and tie backs to the jacket. . Transport and install riser protection cage. . Transport and install 48" and 20" subsea pipe spools. . Tie-in existing pipelines to new pipeline sections utilising mechanical connectors. . Transport and install risers. . Transport and install topside piping and valves. . Hydrotest pipelines from shore end to SPM. . Procure any shortage of material to complete the work. . Subsea survey. . Procure and install grout mattresses on bends and fittings as per drawings. . Procure and install sand bags to support pipeline spans as per drawings. BUNDOQ OFFSHORE OIL FIELD U.A.E. Our construction barge Regina 250 was engaged with an Offshore job "installation of production well head jacket", Sept 1992. * The a-leg steel jacket 85 ton its deck were loaded from Abu Dhabi on board the construction barge Regina 250 transported to Bundoq oil field. * Four 24 inch. cored - grouted piles were driven . * Steel jacket installed and the top side deck was stabled on the jacket. MINA ABDALLA EXPORT TERMINAL LOCATION: KUWAIT (K.O.C.) NOV. 1992 Scope of work Under water repair for 24" crude oil pipe line. One of Kuwaiti export Sub Sea pipe lines was damaged two miles east wards of Mina Abdalla in water depth of 22 mt. * Construction barge Regina 250 supported by two anchor handling tug supply boats, 70 men construction and diving spreads, completed the job in 30 days. * Work included cutting and removing the damaged part of the pipe line and replacement by hyperbaric welding of two new spools and one pub-spool. AGIBA OIL COMPANY LOCATION ASHRAFY - EGYPT WATER DEPTH 160 FT. JULY - AUG. 93 Assistance in killing WH P1 well. - This job is carried out under supervision of SAIPM emergency task force & in cooperation with wild well control company & oceaneering corp. company. Scope of work: - Securing the B1X life conductor to the structure by chain and binders. - By - passing gas through the X- mass tree. - Burning the 20" & 13" conductor casings. - Cutting the 9.5" & 3.5" conductor casings using subsea hydraulic cutter. - Installing the over shot unit and complete pumping cement after opening the subsea safty value. * This job was fully controlled, monitored to the surface by means of 3CC TV. AGIBA FIELD LOCATION ASHRAFI WATER DEPTH 160 FT. OCT. - DEC. 93 Removal of WHP1 platform - total submerged weight is 900 tons. Unit assigned to this job:- 1- Crane barge 1000 ton 2- A.H.T.S. vessels 3- Accommodation vessel 4- Mixed gas deep diving teams 5- Complete set of underwater cutting spread The structure is devided into 4 sections in order to suit cargo dummy barge capacity. An entinsive calculation is done in order to ensure safe lifting for the rack. GUPCO R.22 - SUBSEA X-MASS TREE MAY 94 Activity : - Installation of R.22 subsea X-mass tree. - Divers would assist in rig positioning. - Divers would assist in all preparing, installing and testing operation involved in X-mass tree installation. SUCO CONTRACT # ENG. 624/94 R/F 11 KV. CABLE INSTALLATION BETWEEN PLATFORMS R/F A TO R/F B. APRIL 94 This project, is performed by our barge MOS JUMBO 1 & 2 work vessels supported by complete diving spread and 12 persons diving team. Scope of work covered during this project is to carry out the following activities:- - Disconnecting and paying out the old cable. - Cleaning cable J tubes. - Anchorage of new cable. - Cable laying between the two platforms. - Testing of cable after laying. RANA MECHANICAL CONNECTOR INSTALLATION APRIL 94 Scope of work covered during this project is to carry out the following activities:- - Cold cutting and removing of old PLIDCO Flanges on 6", 12" and 18" pipe lines at Balayim Oil Field. - Installing of two hytech mechanical connectors at each pipe line. - Accurate measurements (length and angle) to be taken between two mechanial connector flanges at each pipe line. - Fabrication of spool pieces for each pipe line. - Supporting spools and mechanical connectors by means of sand bags. GUPCO (AMOCO) MARCH & JUNE 1994 - Splash Zone Coating for M1 & M18 P/L. - Mechanical repair for sea line. WEPCO ATMOSPHERIC PAINTING MAY 1991 - SEPT. 1994 During this project, SeaBird had completed painting of Platforms P2&Q (over 25000 mt2) & NAF Platform (over 6000 mt2), and platform P1 (about 15000 mt2). The scope of work including surface preparation and painting application for the followings 1- All platforms main structures. 2- Machinary (desiel engines, compressors, pumps......etc.) 3. Potable water tanks inside & outside. 4. Fuel tank, pipes values......etc. Appling about 15 paint systems of Hempel paints SUCO RAS BUDRAN - EGYPT JUNE 1994 U/W inspection for Ras Budran platforms. Scope of Work covered during this job was as follows: 1- Above & under visual inspection for all platforms. 2- Test for nominated nodes at each plaform. 3- Marine growth measurements. 4- Video & still photos. 5- Scour and debris survey. 6- Wall thickness measurements for all jacket structures, risers and conductors using direct digital reading set (sea prob 200). 7- Anode inspection for all platforms. 8- Potential measurements at all anodes and at all under water horizontal frames for each platform. 9- Cutting two windows at pump casing of platform RBA & platform RBC. This job was performed by our support vessel SeaBird VIII and 12 persons diving team equipped by complete diving spread & inspection equipment. GUPCO (AMOCO) 1995 - Mechanical repair for 3 risers at BADRI A P/L. - Pipeline repair for 8 P/L installation of misalignment mechanical connector. - Riser repair for 18 riser at M-1 P/F installation of smart flange connection. KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (K.O.C) REPAIR OF DAMAGED SINGLE POINT MOORING AT MINA AL- AHMADI OFFSHORE KUWAIT BY SeaBird & OIL SERVICES (S.A.E) KOC Single Point Mooring (SPM) is Kuwait s main Oil Loading Terminal designed to accommodate a range of Oil Tankers up to 500,000 Tons. The SPM installation includes a fixed Tower and two main structures, Outer Ring and Medium Ring, supported by the Tower by means of Shock Absorber Assemblies to resist, with the appropriate factors of safety, the combined forces of a berthing Tanker s own dead weight, together with all other imposed forces. The SPM was involved in an accident in October, 1993 and sustained serious damages. KOC awarded this Project to MOS in November, 1994. The Scope of Work was as follows : 1. Procurement of Material, except the new Shock Absorber Blocks provided free of charge by KOC, Construction Engineering, Fabrication and Offshore Repair Works. 2. The Repair of six (6) sandwich / shock absorber units comprising the whole outer sandwich system (114 No. blocks with each block made of 4 No. sandwiches), including the complete replacement of the existing shock absorber blocks with the new blocks. 3. Repair of replacement, painting as necessary in full or part of damaged tubular bracing at the inner and outer structure, together with the repair and replacement of any other effected structural members. The Repair Procedure involved : 1. Lifting of the Outer Ring (600 Ton). 2. Lowering of the Outer Ring on pre-installed vertical stanchions. 3. Restraining lateral movement of the Outer Ring by means of radial supports. 4. Recovery and replacement of the Lower Shock Absorber Units. 5. Recovery and replacement of the Upper Shock Absorber Units. 6. Lowering of the Outer Ring on the newly installed Shock Absorber Assemblies. 7. Replacement of inner and Outer Retaining Cable Systems. The Repair works were successfully completed to the full satisfaction of KOC on March 31st, 1995, well within the Contract Period. On March 31st, 1995 KOC re-connected the Floating Hoses to the SPM Loading Arm and a 500,000 Ton Oil Tanker was berthed on April 1st, 1995 for loading of Crude Oil. QGPC BUL HANINE FIELD - QATAR SEPT. 1995 The contract BH-19 Wreckage Removal at Bul Hanine Field Scope of Work covered during this job was as follows :- 1- Cutting the pile of leg A3 at the sea bed level & the end of the jacket s leg. 2- Excavation around leg A1 & cutting it s pile. 3- Cutting the tripod & the side davit of wreck BH-19. 4- Excavation around the conductor at leg B2. 5- Installing the cold cut machine around leg B2 to cut the conductor casings. 6- Connecting six slings to the wreck BH-19 for lifting operation as one lift. 7- Lifting the wreck BH-19 by using the crane of Regina 250 to the deck of the barge. 8- Lifting the tripod, side davit and all scaffolding pipes from sea bed. 9- Video recording during all operations steps. This job was performed by crane barge REGINA 250, tug boat mestar Jackson and 23 persons diving team equipped by complete two diving spread. MAERSK OIL COMPANY SBM INSTALLATION SHAHEEN FIELD QATAR OCTOBER 1995 Scope of Work Scope of Work of this job is as follows:- 1. Diving of 6 piles (water depth 62mt). 2. Connect chains between piles & S.B.M. 3. Under buoy hoses assembly. 4. Floating hoses assembly. The job started on 15 October 1995 by our construction barge REGINA 250, tug boat Mestar Jackson and 16 persons diving team equiped by two complete diving spread and ended on 11 November 1995. GUPCO SURVEY & REPAIR OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURE & PIPELINE CONTRACT PR 15/95 APRIL 1996 Scope of Work Scope of Work covered during this contract was as follows :- 1. Install and repair of boat landing at Morgan-36 Booster Platform. 2. Repair 18 oil between Morgan-36 to Morgan-8 in two location using hydrotech SPRU Mechanical connector & oceaneering smart flange connectors. 3. Repair & support M-45 pipeline. 4. Install underwater clamps for the additional slots at Badri C & October G Platforms. 5. Install and repair of boat landing at S-B 305 Platform. 6. Repair the 8 high pressure gas line from R-6 to SB 305 using hydrotech connectors (PEC). GUPCO ERDMA 1 - SUBSEA X-MASS TREE MAY 1996 Activity : - Installation of Erdma 1 subsea X-mass tree. - Divers would assist in rig positioning. - Divers would assist in all preparing installing and testing operation involved in X-mass tree installation. GUPCO JULLY-8 PLATFORMS NOV. 1996 - Installation of 40 anodes (C.P. reading before & after anodes installation) - Flooded member inspection. - Cement grouting for platforms legs (annuals & elephant bags). AGIBA 16 P/L DAMAGED SECTION REPAIRS MAY - JUNE 1997 Under water connection using hot tap and stopple plugging systems without shut down of production. The project included :- - Removing the weight and dope coating of the 16 P/L at Hydrotap fitting locations & supporting the pipeline by sand / cement bags. - Installing two 10 /16 hydrotap fittings on the 16 P/L. - Installing two 16 /16 stopple fittings on the 16 P/L. - Hot tapping operation. - Installing and supporting 10 by pass by sand/cement bags. - Plugging and flushing the damaged section of the 16 P/L. - Cold cut the damaged section of the 16 P/L. - Installing two pipe end connectors. - Installing the new 16 spool piece. - Installing the 10 , 16 L.O.R. and blind flanges. - Covering the repaired section of the 16 P/L by using grouted mattresses. KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (K.O.C) STATE OF KUWAIT CONT. # 97 G047 OCTOBER 1997 Underwater Survey & Structural Integrity Analysis for Sea Island Dolphins A, B & C. MPI inspection, coating inspection, general & close visual inspection, wall thickness measurement, still photographs & video recording. The integrity analysis done by Lloyds Register. ADMA - OPCO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ANODE REPLACEMENT COMPAIGN 1997 CONT. # 6269 OCT. 1997 - Diving Team on board M/V Safiya during the contract of 1997. Anode replacement campaign for subsea pipelines and wellhead towers in both Zakum and Umm Shaif fields, carried out the following activities :- * Mark the field joint (K.P.) of the pipeline. * Cleaning the closed field joint by using liqua blaster M/C. * Install block anode (35, 45, 60) kg anodes. * Install bar anodes 308 Kg at wellhead towers. * Remove the mechanical anchors, remove the old anode, weld new 10 kg block anode and re-install the mechanical anchor. * C.P. reading and still photos for the anodes after installation. GUPCO WELL GS # 373-2 SUBSEA SERVICES MARCH 1998 Saturation diving operation using our Sat. System on board MD 300 barge. The scope of work is to repair the subsea well head including an entire procedure, locate the rig over the well head, re-establish all the disconnected pipe and hoses. TEXACO KUWAIT WET WELDING AUG. SEPT. 1998 Wet welding of 36 subsea pipeline end manifold supports at birth No.2 at Mina Saud Terminal including wet welding procedure specification, procedure qualification record and welder qualification according to American welding society D3.6 1993 code (specification for under water welding Class B) Weld visual inspection and M.P.I. for 100% of the welds ABU DHABI MARINE OPERATING COMPANY (ADMA-OPCO) S.B.M. CHANGE OUT OCT. NOV. 1998 Replacement of mooring chains on tanker berth #3 at Das Island, carried out the following activities :- 1. Pre-construction survey. 2. Disconnect subsea hoses & blind under buoy flanges. 3. Disconnect all 6 chains from buoy & lower to seabed. 4. Recover chains # 1, 3, 4, 6 at buoy end disconnect clamp weights and dredging around pile of chains # 1, 3, 4, 6 to burning the old chackles of the chains. 5. Connect the new chains to the piles # 1, 3, 4, 6. 6. Connect the new chains to the clamp weights. 7. Connect chains to buoy & adjust chain angles. 8. Install subsea hoses to the buoy. 9. As-built survey. 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Tuesday, September 11, 2014

The Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis


President Eisenhower was deeply saddened when he had to rebuke his old
friends and allies, France and Great Britain, after they invaded Egypt, a
sovereign Middle Eastern nation. Ike was convinced, however, that his allies
were wrong, both as a matter of principle and of strategy. Here’s the way it
happened.


After World War II, many countries that had long been subjected to European
colonial control began movements to achieve independence. In places such as
India and Burma, national independence was achieved by relatively peaceful
negotiations with England. In Algeria and Indo-China (Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia)
bloody guerilla wars broke out when France refused to grant immediate
independence.


Egypt was a special case. Technically, Egypt became an independent nation
under a 1922 treaty with England but remained under British military control
until World War II ended. By 1953 the only European military power on Egyptian
soil was a military base, occupied by British forces, three miles wide and
sixty-five miles long beside the Suez Canal. Egyptian political and military
leaders announced their determination to throw out the “hated imperialists? and
by 1955 the British had almost completely evacuated the military base and turned
the facilities over to the Egyptians.


That evacuation left unsettled, however, some important control issues
involving the Canal. Since its completion in 1869, no single nation had ever
exercised control of the waterway. It was always open to all ships, including
warships, of any nation. The Suez Canal Company, whose stock was owned by
several European nations, maintained the canal, but exercised no control over
its use. Unlike the Panama Canal which has a very intricate series of locks to
be operated and maintained, Suez is an open waterway without any locks or
obstructions from end to end. Egypt clearly had the capacity to operate the
canal and the nation’s political leaders demanded sole authority over those
operations. The British and French leaders insisted that no single nation had
the right to control unilaterally the world’s most important waterway.


The true reason that European countries were so determined to have
international control of the Suez Canal was oil. Almost all of their oil came
through the canal, and they were afraid of dire economic consequences that might
result if Egypt should choose to disrupt their fuel supply. The negotiations and
bickering went on from 1952 to 1956 without resolution.














The Suez Canal


Egypt’s leader, a former army colonel, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, had come to power
in the spring of 1954 and proclaimed Egypt to be the greatest Arabic socialist
state. One of his earliest acts was to ask the United States to sell $27 million
worth of military arms and equipment to Egypt. When informed that he would have
to pay cash for American arms, Nasser quickly dropped the matter and quietly
opened negotiations with the Soviet Union for his military hardware.


The following year Nasser approached the United States for a major loan to
help in constructing a huge Nile River dam at Aswan. Negotiations proceeded and
a tentative agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and the
World Bank was reached in June, 1956. But at the same time he was dealing with
America and England, Nasser was secretly negotiating a combined arms and Aswan
dam financing arrangement with the Soviet Union. Satisfied that he would have
full Soviet support for his needs, Nasser began to make outrageous public
demands on the United States and Great Britain, demands that he knew they would
never accept. Finally, in July, the Eisenhower administration notified the
Egyptian leader that the dam financing agreement was withdrawn.


Nasser responded with a vitriolic public attack on the United States and two
days later announced that Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal and imposed
Egyptian military law in the Canal Zone.


America and its allies were alarmed by the prospect of having a
Soviet-sponsored nation control the canal. European leaders were quite concerned
with the possibility of Arabian oil shipments being delayed or denied. France
and Britain shared these fears, but also saw the Suez situation as a symbol of
their diminishing position in the Middle East. They turned to military action in
an effort to restore their control.


President Eisenhower believed that “…the Canal was, in effect, a global
public utility.? He thought the United Nations, or an alliance of the maritime
nations, should determine the status of the canal. In his view, military action
by one or two European nations acting without substantial world sanction would
not achieve a stable settlement. Unilateral military action would incite Arab
hatred and destabilize the Middle East. He steadily urged calm diplomacy and an
abstention from military action unless it was sanctioned by the Untied Nations.


But the negotiations made no progress and by October 25th both Britain and
France had terminated talks with America. At the same time Egypt renewed its
incursions into Israel and established a joint military command structure with
Syria and Jordan, surrounding Israel with coordinated armies. In late October
Israel launched a preemptive attack invading the Sinai Peninsula. By nightfall
of the first day, Israeli troops had advanced to the Suez Canal.


Having good reason to believe that France and Israel were secretly acting in
concert, Ike directed his diplomats to secure a resolution of the United Nations
Security Council stipulating that no member nation could use military force in
the Middle East. Even the Soviet Union joined the U.S. in voting for the
resolution – but France and Britain vetoed it.


A few days later British and French military forces invaded Egypt at Port
Said and along both sides of the canal. Egypt retaliated by sinking ships at
critical points in the canal, completely blocking the waterway.


President Eisenhower was outraged at the behavior of America’s allies. When
he addressed the American people, he completely disassociated the United States
from the conflict and explained that America had no prior knowledge of the
attacks on Egypt: “We cannot – in the world, any more than in our own nation –
subscribe to one law for the weak, another for the strong …. There can only be
one law – or there will be no peace.? In addressing the United Nations,
Eisenhower’s Secretary of State said, “It is nothing less than tragic that … we
should be forced to choose between following in the footsteps of Anglo-French
colonialism in Asia and Africa or splitting … away from their course.?


Over the next several weeks Eisenhower led the negotiations for a cease fire
followed by a United Nations resolution requiring the British and French to
withdraw from Egypt rapidly and unconditionally. The Europeans had won the
battles and lost the war, weakening the western alliance and achieving nothing.
Eventually, Ike also convinced the Israeli government to withdraw from Egyptian
territory. It took six months to clear the wrecks and reopen the Suez Canal.
Egyptian sovereignty had been affirmed by Eisenhower and, through American
diplomacy, by the United Nations.

Saturday, September 8, 2014

From Wikipedia, the Suez Canal

Suez Canal



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Suez Canal, seen from Earth orbit



Suez Canal, seen from Earth orbit







Ships moored at El Ballah during transit



Ships moored at El Ballah during transit




The Suez Canal (Arabic:
???????? ????????????,

transliteration
:

Qanā al-Suways
), is a large artificial
canal in Egypt,
west of the

Sinai Peninsula
. It is 163 km (101 miles) long and 300 m (984 ft) wide at
its narrowest point, and runs between
Port Said
(Būr Sa'īd) on the

Mediterranean Sea
, and
Suez (al-Suways)
on the Red Sea.


The canal
allows two-way

water transportation
, most importantly between
Europe and
Asia without
circumnavigation of
Africa.
Before its opening in 1869, goods were sometimes offloaded from ships and
carried over land between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.


The canal comprises seven parts, north and south of the

Great Bitter Lake
, linking the

Mediterranean Sea
to the
Gulf
of Suez
on the
Red Sea.








Contents


[hide]





 


[edit]
History


 


[edit]
2nd millennium BC


Perhaps as early as the

12th Dynasty
,
Pharaoh

Senusret III
(1878
BC
1839
BC
) may have had a west-east canal dug through the

Wadi Tumilat
, joining the
Nile with the
Red Sea
(which in ancient times reached north to the Bitter Lakes. See

[1]
and

[2]
) This allowed direct naval trade with
Punt,
and, indirectly, linked the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.


The reliefs of the
Punt
expedition under

Hatshepsut
depict sea-going vessels carrying the expeditionary force
returning from Punt. This has given rise to the theory that, at the time, a
navigable link existed between the Red Sea and the Nile.[1]
[2]


Evidence indicates its existence by the 13th century BC during the time of

Ramesses II
(see

[3]
,

[4]
,

[5]
,

[6]
,

[7]
).


Numerous geological surveys conducted since the mid-1960s have found no
physical evidence of any ancient man-made canal (as opposed to natural
tributaries) existing in the region and extending from the Nile to the Red
Sea.


 


[edit]
Repair by Necho, Darius I and Ptolemy


The waterway fell into disrepair, and according to the

Histories
of the Greek historian
Herodotus,
about 600 BC,
Necho II
undertook re-excavation but did not complete it. According to
Herodotus 120,000 men perished in this undertaking.

[8]


The canal was finally completed by

Darius I of Persia
, who conquered Egypt. According to
Herodotus,
the completed canal was wide enough that two
triremes
could pass each other with oars extended, and required 4 days to traverse.
Darius commemorated his achievement with a number of
granite
stelae that he
set up on the Nile bank, including one near Kabret, 130 miles from Pie. The

Darius Inscriptions
read:










Saith King Darius: I am a Persian. Setting out from Persia, I conquered
Egypt. I ordered this canal dug from the river called the Nile that flows
in Egypt, to
the sea
that begins in Persia
. When the canal had been dug as I ordered, ships
went from Egypt through this canal to Persia, even as I intended.


[9]

?

It was again restored by
Ptolemy
II
about 250 BC. Over the next 1000 years it was successively modified,
destroyed and rebuilt, until finally being put out of commission in the
8th
century
by the
Abbasid
Caliph
al-Mansur.





Construction of the canal



Construction of the canal




 


[edit]
Napoleon considers repair


At the end of the 18th century while in Egypt,

Napoleon Bonaparte
contemplated the construction of a canal to join the
Mediterranean and Red Seas. But his project was abandoned after a first survey
erroneously concluded that the Red Sea was 101 1/2 meters higher than the
Mediterranean, making a giant locks-based canal much too expensive and very
long to construct. The Napoleonic survey commission's error came from
fragmented readings mostly done during wartime, which resulted in imprecise
calculations.
[citation
needed
]





1881 drawing of the Suez Canal.



1881 drawing of the Suez Canal.




 


[edit]
Re-construction by Suez Canal Company


In 1854 and 1856

Ferdinand de Lesseps
obtained a concession from

Said Pasha
, the
viceroy of
Egypt, to create a company to construct a maritime canal open to ships of all
nations, according to plans created by
Austrian
engineer

Alois Negrelli
. The company was to operate the canal by leasing the
relevant land, for 99 years from its opening, for navigation. De Lesseps had
used his friendly relationship with Said, which he had developed while he was
a French diplomat during the 1830s. The Suez Canal Company (Compagnie
Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez
) came into being on

December 15
, 1858.


The excavation took nearly 11 years, mostly through the forced labour of
Egyptian workers—a form of labour which was not unique to the French, nor the
British before them. Some sources estimate that over 30,000 people were forced
to work on the canal.

[10]


The British recognized the canal as an important trade route and perceived
the French project as a direct menace to their geopolitical and financial
interests. The British Empire was the major global naval force and its power
had increased during the

American Civil War
. So the British government officially condemned the
forced work and sent armed
bedouins to
start a revolt among workers. Involuntary labour on the project ceased, and
the Viceroy soon condemned the slavery, and the project stopped.
[3]


Angered by the British opportunism, de Lesseps sent a letter to the British
government remarking on the British lack of remorse only a few years earlier
when 80,000

[11]
Egyptian forced workers died in similar conditions while building the
British railtrack in Egypt.


At first, international opinion was skeptical and the Suez Canal Company
shares did not sell well overseas. Britain, United States, Austria and Russia
did not buy any shares. All French shares were quickly sold in France. A
contemporary British skeptic claimed:

 










"One thing is sure... our local merchant community doesn't pay
practical attention at all to this grand work, and it is legitimate to
doubt that the canals receipts... could ever by sufficient to recover its
maintenance fee. It will never become a large ships accessible way in any
case.
"

(reported by German historian Uwe A. Oster)

?




One of the first traverses in the 19th century.



One of the first traverses in the 19th century.




The canal finally opened to traffic on

November 17
, 1869.
Although numerous technical, political (due to the British rivalry), and
financial problems had been overcome, the final cost was more than double the
original estimate.


The canal had an immediate and dramatic effect on world trade. Combined
with the

American Transcontinental Railroad
completed six months earlier, it
allowed the entire world to be circled in record time. It played an important
role in increasing European penetration and colonization of Africa


[citation
needed
]
. External debts forced Said Pasha's successor,

Isma'il Pasha
, to sell his country's share in the canal for ??4,000,000 to
the

United Kingdom
(UK) in 1875, but France still remained the majority
shareholder.


The

Convention of Constantinople
in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone
under the protection of the British; British troops had moved in to protect it
during a civil war in Egypt in
1882. Under the

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936
, the UK insisted on retaining control over
the canal. But in 1951, Egypt repudiated the treaty, and by 1954 the UK had
agreed to pull out.


 


[edit]
Suez Crisis





Main article:

Suez Crisis



After the UK and the

United States
withdrew their pledge to support the construction of the
Aswan Dam
due to Egyptian overtures towards the Soviet Union, Egyptian President

Gamal Abdel Nasser
nationalized the Canal in 1956, intending to finance
the dam project using revenue from the Canal, and cut off this vital
international waterway to all Israeli shipping. This provoked the week-long
Suez
Crisis
, in which a

military alliance
between the UK, France, and
Israel
invaded Egypt. To stop the war from spreading and to save the British from
what he thought was a disastrous action, Canadian Secretary of State for
External Affairs,

Lester B. Pearson
, proposed the creation of the very first

United Nations
peacekeeping force to insure access to the canal for all
and an Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai. On November 4th, 1956, a majority of
nations at the UN voted for Pearson's peacekeeping resolution, which mandated
the UN peacekeepers to stay in the Sinai Penninsula unless both Egypt and
Israel agreed to their withdrawal. The US backed up this proposal by putting
immense financial pressure on the British government which only then agreed to
withdraw its troops. Pearson was later awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize
. As a result of damage and sunken ships, the canal was
closed until April 1957, when it had been cleared with UN assistance. A UN
force (UNEF)
was established to maintain the neutrality of the canal and the

Sinai Peninsula
.


 


[edit]
The Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973


In May of 1967 President Nasser ordered the UN peacekeeping forces away
from the canal and out of the Sinai Penninsula altogether. Despite Israeli
objections in the UN, the peacekeepers were withdrawn and the Egyptian army
marched to the border of Israel and again closed the canal to Israeli
shipping. This action was a key factor in the Israeli decision to launch an
all out attack on Egypt in June of 1967, and again to the Israeli capture of
the Suez Canal. After the

1967 Arab-Israeli war
also called the
Six Day
War
, the canal was closed until
June 5,
1975. In 1973,
during the

Yom Kippur War
, the canal was the scene of
a
major crossing
by the Egyptian army into Israeli-occupied Sinai, which was
followed by an Israeli counteroffensive which ended in the cutting off of the
Egyptian Third Army. Many pieces of sun-bleached destroyed military equipment
from this conflict can still be seen along the edge of the canal.


After a UN mandate expired in 1979, negotiations for a new observer force
produced the

Multinational Force and Observers
(MFO), stationed in Sinai in 1981 in
coordination with a phased Israeli withdrawal. It is not there under UN
auspices
but under agreements between the US, Israel, Egypt, and other nations. (Multinational
Force and Observers
).


 


[edit]
Operation





USS Bainbridge, an American warship in the Suez Canal





USS Bainbridge
, an American warship in the Suez Canal




The canal has no
locks
because the terrain through which it passes is flat, and the minor difference
in sea level at the ends is easily coped with through the length of the canal.


The canal allows the passage of ships of up to some 150,000 tons

displacement
, with cargo. It permits ships of up to 16 m (53 ft)
draft
to pass, and improvements are planned to increase this to 22 m (72 ft) by 2010
to allow passage of fully-laden

supertankers
. Presently, supertankers can offload part of their cargo onto
a canal-owned boat and reload at the other end of the canal. There is one
shipping lane with several passing areas.


On a typical day, three convoys transit the canal, two southbound and one
northbound. The first southbound convoy enters the canal in the early morning
hours and proceeds to the

Great Bitter Lake
, where the ships anchor out of the fairway and await the
passage of the northbound convoy. The northbound convoy passes the second
southbound convoy, which moors to the canal bank in a by-pass, in the vicinity
of El
Qantara
. The passage takes between 11 and 16 hours at a speed of around 8
knots.
The low speed helps prevent erosion of the canal banks by ship's wakes.


Egypt's

Suez Canal Authority
(SCA) reported that in 2003 17,224 ships passed
through the canal. The canal averages about 8% of the world shipping traffic.


By 1955 approximately two-thirds of Europe's oil passed through the canal.
About 7.5% of world sea trade is carried via the canal today. Receipts from
the canal July 2005 to May 2006 totaled $3.246 billion. In 2005, 18,193
vessels passed through the canal.

[12]


 


[edit]
Connections between the shores


From north to south connections are:



A railway on the west bank runs parallel to the canal for its entire
length.




 


 


[edit]
Environmental Impact


The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 created the first salt-water passage
between the Mediterranean and Red seas. The Red Sea is about 1.2 m higher than
the Eastern Mediterranean

[13]
, so the canal serves as a

tidal strait
that pours Red Sea water into the Mediterranean. The

Bitter Lakes
, which are hypersaline natural lakes that form part of the
canal, blocked the migration of Red Sea species into the Mediterranean for
many decades, but as the salinity of the lakes gradually equalized with that
of the Red Sea, the barrier to migration was removed, and plants and animals
from the Red Sea have begun to colonize the eastern Mediterranean. The Red Sea
is generally saltier and more nutrient-poor than the Atlantic, so the Red Sea
species have advantages over Atlantic species in the salty and nutrient-poor
Eastern Mediterranean. Accordingly, most Red Sea species invade the
Mediterranean biota, and only few do the opposite; this migratory phenomenon
is known as the

Lessepsian migration
(after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer
of the canal) or Erythrean invasion. The construction of the

Aswan High Dam
across the
Nile
River
in the 1960s reduced the inflow of freshwater and nutrient-rich silt
from the Nile into the eastern Mediterranean, making conditions there even
more like the Red Sea, and worsening the impact of the

invasive species
.


Invasive species originated from the Red Sea and

introduced
into the Mediterranean by the construction of the canal have
become a major component of the Mediterranean ecosystem, and have serious
impacts on the Mediterranean ecology, endangering many local and
endemic
Mediterranean species. Up to this day, about 300 species native to the Red Sea
have already been identified in the Mediterranean Sea, and there are probably
others yet unidentified. In recent years, the Egyptian government's
announcement of its intentions to deepen and widen the canal, have raised
concerns from

marine biologists
, fearing that such an act will only worsen the invasion
of Red Sea species into the Mediterranean, facilitating the crossing of the
canal for yet additional species[4].


Construction of the Suez Canal was preceded by cutting a small fresh-water
canal from the Nile delta along Wadi Tumilat to the future canal, with a
southern branch to Suez and a northern branch to Port Said. Completed in 1863,
these brought fresh water to a previously arid area, initially for the canal
construction, but then allowing the growth of agriculture and settlements
along the canal.

[5]


 


[edit]
Timeline



  • Circa 1799 — Napoleon I of France conquered Egypt and ordered a
    feasibility analysis. This reported a supposed 10 metre difference in sea
    levels, and a high estimated cost, so the project was set on standby.

  • Circa 1840 — A second survey demonstrated that the first one was
    erroneous; a direct link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea would
    be possible and would not be as expensive as expected.

  • Circa 1854 — The French consul in Cairo, Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps,
    created the "Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez".

  • 25 Apr 1859 — The French were officially allowed to begin the canal
    construction (Said Pacha acquired 22% of the Suez Canal Company, the rest of
    the shares were controlled by French private holders).

  • 16 Nov 1869 — The Suez Canal opened; operated and owned by Suez Canal
    Company.

  • 25 Nov 1875 — Britain became a minority share holder in the Suez
    Company, acquiring 44% of the Suez Canal Company. The rest of the shares
    were controlled by French syndicates.

  • 25 Aug 1882 — Britain took control of the canal.

  • 2 Mar 1888 — The Convention of Constantinople guaranteed right of
    passage of all ships through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

  • 14 Nov 1936 — Suez Canal Zone established, under British control.

  • 13 Jun 1956 — Suez Canal Zone restored to Egypt.

  • 26 Jul 1956 — Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal.

  • 5 Nov 1956 to 22 Dec 1956 — French, British, and Israeli forces occupied
    the Suez Canal Zone.

  • 22 Dec 1956 — Restored to Egypt.

  • 5 June 1967 to 5 June 1975 — Canal closed and blockaded by Egypt,
    against Israel, sparking the

    Six-Day War
    .

  • 10 April 1975 — Suez Canal reopened.


 


[edit]
Presidents of the Suez Canal Company (1855-1956)


Before nationalization:



 


[edit]
Chairmen of the Suez Canal Authority (1956-Present)


Since nationalization:



 


[edit]
British Vice-Consuls of
Port Suez
(1922-1941)



 


[edit]
British Consuls of Port Suez (1941-1956)



 


[edit]
Governors of the Suez Canal Zone



 


[edit]
Supreme Allied Commander


During the
Suez
Crisis
:



 


[edit]
Popular culture


A popular film, Suez was made in
1938 and starred

Tyrone Power
as de Lesseps and

Loretta Young
as a love interest. A sweeping epic, it is very loosely
based on history.


Suez Canal was recently featured in the video game

Battlefield 2142
made by
EA Games.
The

European Union
and
Pan-Asian forces
fight each other for control of the canal after a futuristic
ice age.


 


[edit]
See also



 


[edit]
References




  1. ^ Eva Matthews
    Sanford, The Mediterranean World in Ancient Times, The Ronald Press
    Company 1938, p.72

  2. ^ Ervan G. Garrison,
    A History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Methods, CRC Press
    1998, p.36

  3. ^

    Le Fabuleux Destin Des Inventions : Le Canal de Suez
    . TV documentary
    produced by ZDF
    and directed by Axel Engstfeld (Germany, 2006).

  4. ^ Galil, B.S. and
    Zenetos, A. (1981). A sea change: exotics in the eastern Mediterranean
    Sea, in: Leppäkoski, E. et al. (1981). Invasive aquatic species of
    Europe: distribution, impacts and management
    . pp. 325-336.

  5. ^ "Suez Canal."
    Encyclopaedia Britannica 2014 Ultimate Reference Suite. (2014).



 


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