This will happen during itsWorld Cruise 2007. he ms Amsterdam is carrying 1,200 passengers, mostly American, and 700 crew members

Israel is classified by the survey as “Moderately Free” and is ranked three places lower than in 2006. According to the index the freest economy is Hong Kong

The 2,200 TEU capacity ship is the first of six container ships to call at Ashdod on regular basis on three monthly calls as from January 2007

M/V YM Ocean, voy.647W, call last week the Israeli port of Ashdod after several years during which no Yang Ming ships called Israeli ports

The company decided to provide more stable and reliable service quality to its Israeli customers and has added the port of Ashdod to its direct far east service

The rankings are drawn from a combination of publicly available hard data and the results of the Executive Opinion Survey

According to“Euromoney”, Israel scored in total 68.2 points, out of the maximum 100, in the 2006 rankings. Israel is down two places

In a detailed report the CBS noted that high-tech output rose by an annualized 14.7%. High tech exports rose by 29%