El Salam Maritime Transport
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El Salam Maritime Transport is an Egyptian ferry operator that operates a fleet of fifteen vessels on Red Sea routes between ports in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The company is the largest private shipping company[citation needed] in Egypt, and transports over one million passengers a year.
El Salam gained media attention in 2006 after the M/S Al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sank on 2 February 2006 in the Red Sea en route from Duba, Saudi Arabia, to Safaga in southern Egypt, with the loss of over 1000 lives.
[edit] Routes operated
- Suez, Egypt — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Safaga, Egypt — Duba and Jeddah, both in Saudi Arabia
- Nuweiba, Egypt — Aqaba, Jordan
- Hurghada, Egypt — Duba, Saudi Arabia
