Port of Ashdod: 2007 – container movements through the port up 17%

The port of Ashdod reported last week a 17% increase in the number of TEU moved through the port in 2007 compared to 2006.
 
In 2007 the port handled TE808,697. Intotal, the port handled 16.2 million tons of cargo, up 7.2% compared to the previous year.
 
The report also noted that in 2007 the port handled 90,946 vehicles, up 20.5% compared to 2006.
 
2007 was the first year that 50% of all vehicles imported were unloaded at the port of Ashdod.
Number of passengers was168,462, an increase of 70% compared to 2006.
 
2007 was, according to the port, the first year that over 60% of all passengers arriving to Israel came through the port.
 
Mr. Shuki Sagis, director general of the port said in a press release that 2007 was a successful year during which the port managed to overcome many operational obstacles allowing the port to increase productivity.