Some 825 Egyptian pilgrims Sunday left Safaga port heading for the Saudi port of Yanbu to perform Ummrah (small pilgrimage) rituals.
They were on board of Ammana ferry en route to Yanbu Port, the Red Sea Ports Authority's Spokesman Abdul Rahim Mostafa said.
He added that navigation and shipping operations are going on normally at the port, noting that a ferryboat carrying 88 trucks loaded with various goods arrived at the port.