Minister of Transport of Syria Yarub Badr said the Syrian Ship "Souria" arrived in the Libyan Port of Benghazi Thursday evening to help carry Syrian nationals from Libya under the prevailing conditions there, SANA reported.
He added that the Syrian Arab Airlines continues its flights to Libya.
In a statement to SANA, Minister Badr said the ship accommodates one thousand people, adding that the second Ship "al-Assad" is due to arrive in Libya within a few hours to complete the evacuation process.
He said that the Syrian General Establishment of Maritime Transport has rent a third vessel "Europe Palace"of 1922 passenger capacity for the same purpose.
The Syrian Arab Airlines announced it plans to run 10 additional flights next Sunday after getting the required permissions from the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority.
Director General of the Syrian Arab Airlines Ghaida Abdullatif told SANA that about 2200 Syrian citizens have been evacuated till now.