Suez Canal Company

E51708

canal operating company joint-stock company

The Suez Canal Company was the French-led corporation that financed, built, and initially operated the Suez Canal in Egypt during the 19th century.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal operating company → joint-stock company →
alsoKnownAs	Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez →
boardDominatedBy	French directors →
canalOpeningDate	1869-11-17 →
concessionCountry	Egypt →
concessionExtended	1866 →
concessionGrantedBy	Muhammad Saʿid Pasha →
concessionPlannedEnd	1968 →
concessionStart	1854 →
country	France →
dissolved	1962 →
employedWorkersFrom	Egypt → Europe →
foundedBy	Ferdinand de Lesseps →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
inception	1858 →
industry	maritime transport → transport infrastructure →
keyRoleIn	expansion of European imperial influence in Egypt →
legalForm	concessionary company →
locationCountry	Egypt →
mainConstructionPeriod	1859–1869 →
mainOfficeLocation	Ismailia → Port Said → Suez →
majorShareholder	Egyptian government → French government → French private investors → United Kingdom government →
nationalizationDate	1956-07-26 →
nationalizationLeader	Gamal Abdel Nasser →
nationalizedBy	Egypt →
openedBy	Ismaʿil Pasha →
operatedCanal	Suez Canal →
operatingPeriod	1859–1956 →
primaryLanguage	French →
regulatedBy	Constantinople Convention of 1888 →
revenueSource	tolls on shipping →
sharePurchaseBuyer	Benjamin Disraeli →
sharePurchaseByUK	1875 →
sharePurchaseFrom	Ismaʿil Pasha →
strategicImportance	shortest sea route between Europe and Asia →
subjectOf	Suez Crisis → international political disputes →
successor	Suez Canal Authority →
usedLaborSystem	corvée labor in early years →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Suez Canal Company ("Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez") →	alsoKnownAs
Suez Canal →	constructedBy
Suez Crisis →	involvesOrganization
Suez Canal Authority ("Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez") →	precededBy