A ship sailed into El Zaytiat port from Saudi port of Yanbu with 6,500 tons of butane gas on board, Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Malak Youssef said on Thursday.

Nuweiba harbor is set to receive today a ferryboat with 544 passengers and 51 vehicles and another one carrying 519 passengers, 23 refrigerator trucks, 17 tractor trailers and three vehicles, Malak added.

Safaga port is ready to receive later today a ship laden with 28 trucks, 52 vehicles, and 43 passengers, he asserted. 

Also, a ferryboat laden with 543 passengers and 43 vehicles has docked in Safaga harbor on Wednesday, he underlined.