Weekly service will start from Ashdod port on November 10th. The first sailing will be performed by M/V Magnos, voyage B24

Hamburg Sd will employ five ships with a capacity between 2,500 and 2,700 TEU, including 600 reefer units. The new service will be based on a weekly fix day service

An additional weekly call will be made at Ashdod thus improving the service between Turkish and Greek ports to Ashdod

The company signed an agreement with Open Sky Ltd. to act as Lot's GSA in Israel. Will operate two daily flights as from early next year

Military deals have not been canceled. Nor have most of the civilian business dealings, from textiles to shipping, metals and irrigation systems. Tourism is hit hard

Dr. Strauss-Kahn: "in times like this there is room for local initiatives, and what Israel, led by Minister Steinitz, did with the original idea of a biennial budget is exactly the kind of initiatives that are able to improve the economic situation."

Zim deploys 12 container vessels with an average capacity of TEU 4,000 on the service

The new service will deploy twelve TEU 3,800 vessels, and will begin on April 7th in Shanghai