The 1956 Suez Canal Crisis: A pivotal moment in shipping history

Conflict shaped canal’s impact on nations that use it

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Key Takeaways:

  • The Suez Canal has been a vital component of global transportation and supply chains since its inception in 1859.
  • A conflict in 1956 significantly altered the canal's dynamic and its impact on user countries.
  • The "Tracks Through Time" episode, hosted by Brielle Jaekel and Mary O’Connell, explores this 1956 conflict, including a "hidden objective."
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The Suez Canal has been extremely important in the world of transportation and supply chains since its creation in 1859. But in 1956, a conflict changed the dynamic of the canal and its impact on countries that use it.

Join Deputy Editor Brielle Jaekel and fellow FreightWavesTV host Mary O’Connell as they dive into the conflict, a hidden objective and more in this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time.

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