El Salam Maritime Transport is an Egyptian
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
operator that operates a fleet of fifteen vessels on
Red Sea routes between
ports in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia and
Jordan. The company transports over one million passengers a year and is the largest private shipping company in the Middle East.
El Salam gained media attention in 2006 after the , sank on 2 February 2006 in the Red Sea en route from
Duba, Saudi Arabia
Duba ( ar, ضبا) is a small city on the northern Red Sea coast, of Saudi Arabia. It is in Tabuk Province. Local citizens describe it as ''The Pearl of the Red Sea''. The population of Duba is about 22,000.
History
The first reference to Duba, u ...
, to
Safaga in southern Egypt, with the loss of over 1000 lives.
This ship, among others in the same class, were supposed to end their career in 2010, but after the ''Boccaccio 98'' disaster all remaining (3) vessels were sold to an Indian scrapyard (one other had burned out and sank already in 2002).
Routes operated
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Suez, Egypt —
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
, Saudi Arabia
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Safaga, Egypt —
Duba and Jeddah, both in Saudi Arabia
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Nuweiba, Egypt —
Aqaba, Jordan
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Hurghada, Egypt —
Duba, Saudi Arabia
References
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External links
El Salam Maritime Transport official websiteEl Salam GroupInternational Maritime Organization
Ferry companies of Egypt
Transport organisations based in Egypt