Lost At Sea
Add to Lightbox DownloadA/B Seaman Tamer El Shenawy, of Egypt, takes a breath from tightening the lashings on the containers as they are loaded onto the vessel in Port Said, Egypt on April 9, 2008. The Bisanzio, a feeder ship taking containers from Port Said to Beirut, is Lebanese owned, has three different nationalities aboard, and flies a St. Vincent flag. The Suez Canal is one of the most important shipping routes in the world, as it allows allows two-way water transportation - most importantly between Europe and Asia without the circumnavigation of Africa.
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