the number of ships that use the cape sea route has dereased because of the Suez Canal.
the ships that go pass the cape has decreased
The geographical position of the Suez Canal makes it the shortest route between East and West as compared with the Cape of Good Hope. The Canal route achieves saving in distance between the ports north and south of the Canal.
The Suez Canal gave shipping a short cut from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea, so avoiding the longer route round Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
The Suez Canal and the Red Sea is the most direct route to the Indian Ocean. Otherwise it means going the longer way round the Southern tip of Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope.
The quickest way by ship from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean is via the Suez Canal. A link to the Wikipedia article on Egypt's Suez Canal is provided.
it was a reloading station for ships
The Suez Canal was built to create a short cut for shipping sailing between the Indian ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean, avoiding the longer voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, or the more hazardous Cape Horn passage.
Suez canal was built as if anyone would travel from europe to india they had go all the way to cape of hope and then go to india.Because of this canal we can directly go to india through medditaranian sea.
It was the only sea route to the far east.The Suez and Panama canals did not exist in those days.The route around Cape Horn South America was discovered later but was to dangerous for merchant travel.
Suez Canal important to Israel in two levels military and economically Suez Canal is the easiest way to get weapons from USA and transferee it to other side Gulf of Aqaba also Suez Canal is the shortest way between Israel and East Asia to transferee merchandise Also almost major shipping lines owned or controlled by Israel And you can find many vessels flagged Israel transiting every day
access to Mediterranean Sea and Europe from the Red Sea and Asia without travel around Cape of Good Hope
The Allies victory defending the Suez Canal was very significant. It allowed the supply routes to remain open. This was especially important for the Allies when it came to oil flowing from the mid-east. If this supply fell into Hitler's hands, the war would have gone on much longer, and possibly been lost by the Allies.