The new "Eitan" port to be inaugurated this week

The new Eitan port facility, north of Ashdod port, will be inaugurated on August 2 in the presence of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Transport Minister Shitrit and Finance Minster Netanyahu.
 
The Eitan port facility has been constructed integrating Israel’s first fully computerized Terminal Operation System (TOS) for loading and unloading shipping containers.
 
The project will increase the storage capacity of the Ashdod Port by 250% and is expected to decrease ships wait-times by 70%, from 15.3 hours to four hours by the end of the year. The new NIS 3 billions port facility is one of Israel’s biggest infrastructure projects in the last decade.
 
The Ashdod Port Company which will operate the new port expects to handle 50% of Israel’s port traffic in the coming years, surpassing Haifa as Israel’s main port facility.