Port of Haifa extended free storage period for Jordanian FCL exports from 4 days to 6

Following complaints raised by Jordanian exporters, concerning long delays at Jordan river border crossing, the port of Haifa decided last week to extend free storage period for Jordanian export containers, from 4 to 6 days.
 
The move came shortly after the Israeli Jordanian bilateral chamber of commerce organized the first of its kind seminar between the management of the Haifa port company and representatives of the Israeli logistic sector and the Jordanian trading & customs clearing sectors.
 
The seminar which was held at the Kempinski Hotel Amman in early August provided the participants with an outstanding opportunity to discuss ways to increase Jordanian trade via the port of Haifa.
 
Participants discussed ways and means to facilitate Jordanian trade via the Sheikh Hussein border crossing through the port of Haifa to Europe and North America.
 
The Sheikh Hussein - Jordan River Crossing is Israel's primary border crossing eastward and an important Jordanian crossing westward. Over the years, it has become a critical route for the Jordanian QIZ region (in particular in regard to the textile and clothing garment plants), an international transit route for trade, and virtually, the only Israeli Jordanian bilateral trade route. The volume of trade at the border crossing has been constantly increasing.
 
Accordingly, the aim of the seminar was to present the Jordanian private sector with a broad understanding of new vision put forward by the port of Haifa regarding Jordanian trade and measures taken by the port to be able to handle the expected increase in the volume of trade.
 
The director of the Jordanian Association of Textile Exporters noted that based on expected increase of the Jordanian trade with Europe and North America trade volume would grow four folds up to 2008, from current 250 containers per week moving through the port of Haifa to 600-800 containers p.w.
 
Mr. Yuval Pyorko director Jordan – Israel bilateral chamber of commerce said following the decision was announced that the step taken by the port represented an outstanding move to facilitate Jordanian exports.