(Photo: Ariel Verhaftig)
Sea Transport
27.02.12
ZIM and MSC to cooperate on the South America East Coast – USA trade
The cooperation will commence around the last week of March 2012, pending final FMC approval, and will cover two main shipping loops
Zim gets US$50 million safety net
Sea Transport
27.02.12
Zim gets US$50 million safety net
Zim will exercise the safety net if its financial situation worsens, in order to improve its liquidity
Ashdod Port to pay state NIS 330m dividend
Sea Transport
27.02.12
Ashdod Port to pay state NIS 330m dividend
The port posted record profits in the years 2008-2010
New container security checks to be applied in Israel
Sea Transport
27.02.12
New container security checks to be applied in Israel
This newly applied container security procedure will be implemented on containers which are booked for one of the ports (Haifa/Ashdod), but in fact unloaded from vessel at the other port
Port of Ashdod
Sea Transport
31.01.12
The newly formed G6 Alliance to call Ashdod in April 2012
Unofficial sources reported that the G6 alliance might probebly call the port of Ashdod, as part of the Loop 9 connecting ports in the Far East with Black Sea ports
The Suez Canal Authority: less Israeli flagged ships crossed the canal in 2011
Sea Transport
31.01.12
The Suez Canal Authority: less Israeli flagged ships crossed the canal in 2011
In 2011 the Israeli vessels carried 15,000 tons compared to 166,000 tons in 2010
Biggest ever container ship - "K" Line's TEU 8,212 "Humber Bridge", called at Ashdod port
Sea Transport
24.01.12
Biggest ever container ship - "K" Line's TEU 8,212 "Humber Bridge", called at Ashdod port
ISRAEL's port of Ashdod welcome last week its biggest ever container vessel owned by Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ( "K" Line's) the TEU 8,212 Humber Bridge.
Thailand's RCL to inaugurate container service Eilat – Far East
Sea Transport
24.01.12
Thailand's RCL to inaugurate container service Eilat – Far East
The service will begin in April with two container vessels with a capacity of TEU1,000 each , calling Eilat every 8 days. The service will be provided through RCL Colombo hub
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