General News Thread

(24-03-2021 19:30 )southsidestu Wrote:  This has got to be the worst crisis that has ever hit the Suez Canal

Not by a long way. The canal was closed during the Suez crisis in 1956 and for 8 YEARS between 1967 & 1975 whilst Egypt & Israel had various wars. That crisis resulted in a major shift of trade from India to South Africa as goods transport from India became much more expensive and took 14 days longer. Oil fields in Nigeria also got more popular as they avoided oil being transported through the canal.