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The MS ''al-Salam Boccaccio 98'' was an Egyptian Ro/Ro passenger ferry, operated by El Salam Maritime Transport, that sank on 3 February 2006 in the Red Sea en route from Duba, Saudi Arabia, to Safaga in southern Egypt. The ship was carrying about 1400 passengers and crew. The majority are thought to have been Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia, but they included pilgrims returning from the Hajj in Mecca. The ship was also carrying about 220 vehicles.〔(AP Wire | 02/03/2006 | Most of 1,400 on doomed ferry feared lost, SanLuisObispo.com ).〕 No Mayday had been heard from the ship and poor weather conditions hampered the search and rescue operation. 388 people were rescued. The immediate cause of the sinking appears to have been a build-up of sea-water in the hull, when the fire-fighters were trying to extinguish a fire in the engine-room. This was compounded by design faults inherent in Ro/Ro vessels, where minor flooding of the deck can gain rapid momentum (‘free surface effect’). When the captain asked permission to return to port, the ship’s owners ordered him to continue, despite knowing that there had been a fire. The owners were jailed in 2009 after their original acquittal was overturned. == Ship history == The vessel was built by the Italian company Italcantieri in 1970 with IMO number 6921282 and named the ''Boccaccio'' at Monfalcone, Italy for Tirrenia di Navigazione. It was originally intended for Italian domestic service.〔Overview Press Ltd, ''Ferries 2004 Southern Europe''.〕 Its dimensions were 130.99 m length overall with 23.60 m beam and 5.57 m draft. The main engines were rated at 16,560 kW for a maximum speed of 19 knots. The vessel had an original capacity of 200 automobiles and 1000 passengers. Five sister ships were built. The vessel was rebuilt in 1991 by INMA at La Spezia, maintaining the same outer dimensions albeit with a higher superstructure, changing the draught to 5.90 m. At the same time its automobile capacity was increased to 320 and the passenger capacity was increased to 1,300. The most recent gross registered tonnage was 11,799. The ''Boccaccio'' was purchased in 1999 by El Salam Maritime Transport, headquartered in Cairo, the largest private shipping company in Egypt and the Middle East, and renamed ''al-Salam Boccaccio 98'' ((アラビア語:عبارة السلام 98), Salam سلام means "peace"); the registered owner is Pacific Sunlight Marine Inc. of Panama. She is also referred to as ''Salam 98''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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