Egypt Receives Ferry Gift

摘要

Austal of Western Australia has recently delivered two 88m high-speed catamaran ferries; Riyadh and Cairo, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Initially ordered by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance in 2007, the vessels are a gift to the Egyptian government to assist in the improvement of ferry services across the Red Sea. The handover ceremony was attended by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz-al-Saud and the President of Egypt, Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.