Mr. Gad Schaefer, Chairman of the Israeli Shippers Council, protested to Mr. Peter Webber, Manager EMTA Europe Mediterranean Trade Agreement concerning the wrongful collection of congestion surcharge in Ashdod Port

Mr. Gad Sheffer Chairman of the Israeli Shippers' Council slammed last week the shipping companies arguing that due to the recent service improvement at the port of Ashdod, there was no justification to charge 7% congestion surcharge

Finance Ministry officials said last week that the Ministry was studying the possibility to abolish several tariff inducements given to cargo moving through the port of Eilat

COSCO is now offering a weekly, short transit time service with fixed day of loading, connecting Far Eastern ports Shanghai, Hong Kong , Shekou and Singapore with Israel and west Med ports: Naples, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia

M.A.E management on behalf of Agrexco have reached a Slot Agreement with messes Borchard London on Agrexco's vessels Carmel Ecofresh and Carmel Biotop in which Borchard will purchase space equivalent to 100 TEUs ‘between Marseilles-Israel-Marseilles only

Maersk Israel Ltd. announced last week that the company will upgrade, in mid-August, its Israeli services. According to the company's announcement, all Israeli services will be fed through the new Suez Canal Container Terminal - SCCT container terminal at

The new "Eitan" port facility, north of Ashdod port, was inaugurated on August 2 in the presence of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Transport Minister Shitrit and Finance Minster Netanyahu and 3,500 representatives of the private and public sectors

“I am pleased to be here today and participating in the inauguration of the first stage of the Eitan Port - the State of Israel's new and advanced gateway to the seas. This week, I had several opportunities to fly over this port on my way to Jerusalem”, s