 The "Salem Express" was a Roll-on/roll-off car and passenger ferry that operated between the ports of Safaga (in Egypt) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).The ship was constructed in 1964 in the La Seyne-sur-Mer shipyards in France and launched under the name "Fred Scamaroni" in 1966.After going through several owners and names, the ship was acquired by Hussein Salem, an Egyptian businessman and a confidant of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.