The most important waterways in the world.. Canal Istanbul will be among them
Waterways control 61% of the world’s production of petroleum and other petroleum liquids (58.9 million barrels per day), the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates.
In this article, we mention the most important waterways in the world, which will include the New Canal Istanbul, for which the foundation stone for its first bridges was laid on June 26, 2021.
Strait of Hormuz:

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important waterways in the world and the most traffic for ships, and about a fifth of the world’s oil production passes through it, or about 17.4 million barrels per day, while consumption reached about 100 million barrels per day in 2018, according to the oil analytics company Vortexa.
Every day, 20-30 tankers, with a payload of 16.5-17 million tons, cross the strait every 6 minutes during peak hours.
In addition to crude oil, 22 percent of the world’s commodities (grain, iron ore and cement) pass through the strait.
Malacca Strait:

Located between Sumatra Island in Indonesia, Malaysia Peninsula and Singapore, the Strait of Malacca connects the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and is the shortest sea route between the Middle East and growing Asian markets, particularly China, Japan and South Korea.
The strait is the world’s second-busiest maritime choke point, Asia’s main maritime choke point, transporting about 16 million barrels of oil per day, and crude oil accounts for between 85 and 90% of the total annual oil flow, with other petroleum products accounting for the rest.
The Strait of Malacca is also an important waterway for transporting liquefied natural gas from the Arab Gulf region and African suppliers to East Asian countries whose demand for this type of gas is increasing, most notably Japan and South Korea.
Bab al-Mandab Strait:

Bab al-Mandab Strait is strategically located between the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, specifically between Djibouti and Eritrea in Africa and Yemen in Asia, and connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, connecting the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.
The strait is about 18 miles wide at its narrowest point, limiting tanker traffic to two mile-wide canals for the passage of incoming and outgoing shipments.
But despite this, about 3.8 million barrels of oil cross the strait daily towards Europe, Asia and the United States.
Besides being a major waterway for global energy shipments, more than 50 million tons of agricultural products pass through Bab al-Mandab Strait.
The Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits:

The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles are Turkish waterways that link Asia and Europe, with about 2.4 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products passing daily, and are major export routes for oil from Russia and the Caspian Sea region to western and southern Europe.
The Bosphorus Strait is 17 miles long and connects the Black Sea in the north with the Turkish Sea of Marmara. The Dardanelles Strait is 40 miles long and connects the
Panama Canal:

The Panama Canal one of waterways which located in Central America, and connects the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 50 miles long, and its width narrows at its narrowest point to only about 110 feet. Therefore, only ships of specific dimensions that weigh no more than 80,000 tons can pass through it, and no more than 108 feet wide.
About 13,000 ships pass through the canal each year, carrying approximately 204 million tons of cargo, because it provides a shortcut of about 12,500 kilometers from the New York City voyage on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast.
Although oil and petroleum products represented 27 percent of the commodities that crossed the Panama Canal, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, in 2016, this canal is not an important route for international shipments of oil and its products to cross, as it constituted the movement of shipments of oil and petroleum products headed north (from the Pacific to the Atlantic) only 9 percent of all products moved through the canal.
Suez Canal:

The Suez Canal is the shortest route between the East and the West because of its geographical location, connecting the Mediterranean Sea at Port Said and the Red Sea at Suez, giving the location a special importance to the world and to Egypt.
Ten percent of the world’s oil supply passes through the Suez Canal, along with about 12 percent of global trade.
Around 30 percent of global container ships also pass through the Suez Canal every day, carrying everything from fuel to consumer goods.
The New Canal Istanbul:

19 thousand ships pass through the Suez Canal annually although it is one of the most important waterways in the world , 13 thousand ships pass through Panama, while 53 thousand ships pass through the Bosphorus Strait annually.
The numbers, loads and sizes of ships passing through the Bosphorus Strait are constantly increasing. Ships carrying liquid fuel and hazardous materials are increasing in number, and there is a possibility for ship collisions.
Navigation on the Bosphorus may be increased if Turkey becomes a major link in China’s Silk Road, either as a result of it containing Chinese factories or the end of the route of some trains that head from China toward the Turkish coast to complete the journey by sea to Europe, shortening the sea distance across the Pacific ocean, Indian Ocean , and the Suez Canal. If Turkey becomes central on the Silk Road, the Bosphorus Strait will be crowded with ships, much like the middle of the world’s major cities, due to congestion.

These reasons constitute a heavy burden on the Bosphorus, which led to the need to plan a waterway that relieves pressure on this strait and represents an alternative option to the Bosphorus or a complement to the current Turkish straits, which leads to the necessity and importance of the New Canal Istanbul.
The New Canal Istanbul extends in western Turkey, connecting the Black Sea in the north to the Sea of Marmara in the south, 45 kilometers long, 21 meters deep and about 275 meters wide, at one point it reaches up to one kilometer.
The construction of the canal continues to this point, and is scheduled to be completed in 2027, six years after the foundation stone was laid for the first bridge, which was completed on June 26, 2021 in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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