Zaytiat port in Suez received a ship carrying 5,000 tons of butane gas coming from the Saudi port of Yanbu, Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Malak Youssef said on Tuesday.

Safaga port is due to receive two ferryboats carrying 1,587 pilgrims en route to the Saudi port of Yanbu, he added.

Nuweiba port received two ships carrying 1,002 passengers, including 717 pilgrims, and six trucks.