Potatoes will go to the UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Greece, Belgium and Poland

Samuel Ofer had been awarded an honorary KBE (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth, in recognition of his services to UK maritime heritage

The service features connections between Southampton to Ashdod and Haifa via Cagliari, Italy. Transit time is approximately 18 days

During September 2008, 1.07 million passengers passed through the Airport. Since the beginning of 2008 8.6 million passengers passed through Ben Gurion

The service is a weekly service deploying nine TEU 4,083 - TEU 4250 vessels. The last EWX voyage is Zim Genova departing Shanghai on Oct. 4th

The survey ratings show a clear dominance by airports in Asia over those in Europe

The results shows best performing long-haul airlines were Singapore Airlines, India’s Jet Airways and Air New Zealand

Sun D'Or was given the Antalya, Bratislava and Zagreb routes. Israir - the London and Rome routes - and Arkia the Barcelona and Madrid routes