A vessel carrying 12,000 tons of Quartz set sail from Safaga harbor en route to Norway.

Media Spokesman of Red Sea Harbors Authority Abdel Rehim Mostafa on Sunday said a ferryboat carrying 568 passengers, 26 vehicles and 12 trucks set sail from the harbor.

Also, the harbor received a vessel carrying 61 trucks and 60 vehicles, he said, noting that loading and unloading process is regular at the harbor.