The new improved weekly service, a joint venture with MSC, will deploy larger vessels of 6000 TEU’s

The countries from which exports to Israel totaled more than US2 billion: US, China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, UK, Switzerland and India

The cooperation will commence around the last week of March 2012, pending final FMC approval, and will cover two main shipping loops

Israel is the first non-South American country to sign an FTA with the bloc.With the agreement, bilateral trade is expected to increase threefold in the next five years

Israel is the first country outside South America to sign a free trade agreement with the regional Mercosur bloc. Brazilian President Lula da Silva visted Israel last week

Zim, CCNI, Hanjin Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd and Wanhai will cooperate on an Asia - South America East Coast service from April

The joint operation will take effect in April 2010 serving Korea, Central and South China, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina