Following emergency meeting, Transport Ministrer Mofaz informed Histadrut chairman Eini that he would request the Prime Minister to re-discuss the matter in the next cabinet meeting

On August 22 the new single hull vessel "Eurocargo Salerno" will replace M/V Spes which has been on service for several years

Three companies submitted bids - Kocks, ZPMC and Konecranes. The port has not yet released the name of the party to supply the port with 15 gantry cranes

Likud MK Moshe Kahlon, the committee chair, said privatization and the tariff system at the ports will be reevaluated in the near future

The port handled 12.2 million tons of cargo compared to 10.5 millions in the parallel period last year

Peltransport coordinated the assembly of the sensitive cargo at a specially designated container freight station

The pure cocaine was hidden in containers of Colombian coffee beans which arrived in Haifa's seaport. The drugs would have been worth an estimated $15 million

In the first six months of 2008 Haifa Port registered a 39% increase in passengers passing through the port