Representatives of Israel's shipper's council ( ISC) and representatives of Israel Manufacturers Association met last week Mr. Meir Shitrit, Minister of Transport, to discuss ways to revise Israel's "unfair" ports tariff

China Shipping, through its local agent in Israel – "Intermaritime", will begin a new weekly round the world container service which will serve the Far East, Israel, ports in the Terranean sea and North America

In highly complex logistic operation a 41 ton earthmoving equipment was moved by Marita Shipping from Israel via Mariupol in the Ukraine to Ulan Bator in Mongolia

Uriel Lynn chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce commented last week about the forthcoming disengagement process and the pending Philadelphi agreement with Egypt

Israeli and Jordanian transportation ministers Meir Sheetrit and Saud Naseirat attended last week the inauguration ceremony for the opening of the new terminal at the Sheikh Hussein Bridge crossing over the Jordan River

The port of Haifa company said last week that container movements for the six months period January – June 2005, compared to the same period last year, shows an increase of 0.9%

Zim integrated shipping services' employees declared last week labor dispute following a delay in payment of privatization bonus

In the first three months of 2005 Chinese textile producers shipped twenty millions items of textile valued over $88 millions