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Al Salaam News

17 May 2004

Damen Delivers Tug to Sea Ports Corp.

In March 2004 the Damen Stan Tug 4511 Al Salaam was delivered from Damen Shipyards Galatz to the Owner’s Sea Ports Corporation (S.P.C.) Sudan. The Damen Stan Tug 4511 is the latest member of the Damen Stan Tug series. In 2003 two shorter versions, the Stan Tugs 4011, where delivered to an Owner in the Middle East. Al Salaam will operate at the Beshair SBM terminal south of Port Sudan, where it’s basic functions will be towing, berthing, fire fighting and pollution control. The tug is classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping for Unrestricted Service.

08 Feb 2006

Government: News of Ferry Came Late

According to the Tribune News Service, Egypt's presidential spokesman said that the owners of the Red Sea ferry that sank last week, causing about 1,000 people to drown, did not inform the government of the disaster for nearly six hours. Suleiman Awad said the government first heard from owner Al Salaam Maritime Transport Co. that the ship was in danger at 7 a.m. Friday. Reports indicate that the Al-Salaam Boccaccio 98 sank no later than 2 a.m. Awad said the rescue center was notified after the government and a plane was over the scene of the sinking by 8 a.m. Source: Tribune news services

06 Feb 2006

Ferry Victims' Relatives Riot at Ship Offices

It has been reported that hundreds of grieving relatives attacked offices belonging to the owners of a Red Sea ferry which sank with 1400 people on board. Rioters threw furniture into the street and burned the company's signboard. Police had to be called to intervene and fire tear gas to restore order after the mob broke into the offices of El Salam Maritime in the Red Sea port early in the morning and began throwing everything out into the street. The company owned the Al-Salaam Boccaccio 98 which sank early on Friday with the loss of about 1000 lives. The rioters took a large photo of one of the company's ferries and burned it in the middle of the road. Riot police who were guarding the nearby port gates quickly dispersed the crowd.