El Salam Maritime Transport is an Egyptianferry operator that operates a fleet of fifteen vessels on Red Sea routes between ports in Egypt and in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The company is the largest private shipping company in Egypt, and transports over one million passengers a year. The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic Ø§ÙØ¨ØØ± Ø§ÙØ£ØÙ ر al-Bahr al-Ahmar; Hebrew ×× ×¡××£ Yam Suf; Tigrigna ááá á£á᪠QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...
El Salam gained media attention in 2006 after one of their ferries, the M/V Al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sank on 2 February2006 in the Red Sea en route from Duba, Saudi Arabia, to Safaga in southern Egypt. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The correct title of this article is al-Salam Boccaccio 98. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duba is a city on the northern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. ...