Ashdod Port company signed last week in Genoa, Italy, a deal with China Shipping group, one of the largest shipping companies in the world. Under the new agreement, China Shipping will dock each week at least one ship at the port of Ashdod

Minister of transport Meir Sheetrit attended last week a ceremony held at the Port of Ashdod for the launching of the Association of Palestinian Marine Transport Customers

Minister of the Interior Ophir Pines-Paz signed last week an order converting the Gaza transit points: Karny, Sufa, Erez and Kerem Shalom into regular border terminals

Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed last week an agreement to establish a Joint Transport Office that will plan and build joint transport projects

The organizing committee of "Agritech 2006" the leading Israeli international Agricultural exhibition said last week that the improved security situation in the region was having a positive effect on foreign visitors willing to attend the event

Among matters discussed with the Chinese host were ways and means to set up effective cooperation between the customs authorities which would increase the ability of both sides to handle present and future challenges

Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute said last week it was launching an Israeli business center in Beijing and a forum for Israeli companies doing business in China

The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBI ) reported last week Israel's foreign trade with most of Israel’s trading partners is on the rise.