Grand Vandarch Canal
| Grand Vandrach Canal | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Maximum boat draft | 20.1 m (66 ft) |
| Status | Operational |
| Navigation authority | Yonderre |
| History | |
| Modern name | Aburvrigeen Canal Kilikas-Vandrach Canal KilVan Canal The Northwest Passage |
| Construction began | 1959 |
| Date completed | 1975 |
History
From the Carolina Grand Canal's opening in 1880 until the Grand Vandrach Canal's opening in 1975, the nations along the Carolina Grand Canal enjoyed a monopoly on maritime shipping to the landlocked countries, and major port cities of the Vandrach. Because it was controlled by and run through the Holy Levantine Empire's countries of Urcea, Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia it gave the Empire, and Urcea specifically, a disproportionate level of economic power in that region. The beginning of the Grand Vandrach Canal followed the formal dissolution of the Holy Levantine Empire, the end of the Great War, and by extension the reduction of southern Levantia's crushing hold on much of the continent. It was celebrated by all northern Levantine nations, at the time, as a demonstration of modern, self-determinist northern Levantia. In southern Levantia it was met with mixed reviews. Nations along the Carolina Grand Canal were obviously not pleased to have their monopoly broken and the loss of considerable revenues in the form of passage fees and taxes. While it was loudly protested in Urcea for this reason, the economic loses would be stymying in Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia, who had faired far worse in the Great War and whose economies were not big enough to absorb the blow like Urcea's.
The Grand Vandrach Canal was designed by X in the waning years of the Great War as there was a growing fear of populist uprisings at the conclusion of the war if soldiers came home to high unemployment rates. Many countries looked to titanic infrastructure projects as a way to, at least temporarily, give thousands of jobs to the returning service men.
Incidents of Note
Canal Crisis
2019 Faucilh Sageta Obstruction
In the summer of 2019 the Bulkhan flagged vessel Faucilh Sageta, operated by Sempre Lines LLC, a subsidiary of the Burgundian North Levantine Trading Company, grounded in the Aburvrigeen Canal. The 400 m (1,312 ft 4 in) container ship was the first of its class and the largest ever to pass through the canal system. While technically within the limits of the canals
Layout and Operation
Economic Impact
Alternative Routes
The Carolina Grand Canal is the only other waterway that connects the Vandrach to the international waterways and its shipping lanes.