The vessel called at the port’s new Carmel terminal to pick up about 2,000 containers which had originally been due to be unloaded at Port Said

Yang Ming's newest TEU 6,572, D.W.T 84,200 container vessel, "Yang Ming Mandate" which was delivered only a few weeks ago called last week at Ashdod port

Zim, CCNI, Hanjin Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd and Wanhai will cooperate on an Asia - South America East Coast service from April

The joint operation will take effect in April 2010 serving Korea, Central and South China, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

It is the first of two 4,308 -TEU container ships originally ordered in May 2006 from the Hanjin Heavy Industries

The Alliance will provide beginning October six services instead of seven - four to north Europe and two to the Mediterranean

The new ADX service replaces the Mediterranean Express Service (EMX) which was operated until recently by member lines of CKYH Alliance

According to the outgoing Ashdod port Chairperson the company has to continue implementing the port development plan and add 100 new employees and should continue the NIS700 million investment program