EMTA has agreed to reduce the congestion surcharge applied to the port of Ashdod to US$15/TEU. The reduction will save US$40 M annually to the Israeli shippers

Ashdod Port was also the largest employer in the port sector with 1,181 employees, and average sales per employee of $161,900

Mr. Ami Etgar, head of the Israel Incoming Tourism Association,said last week that Israel has lost about $150 millions in tourism revenues since the war started in mid July

Egged, the second-largest bus operator in the world, announced last week that it had bought 170 buses that meet EU exhaust emissions standard 3 for some $50m (NIS 200 million)

28% of employees were employed outside their residential sub-district. The research also found strong similarity to other advanced western societies

Local and foreign shipping companies announced gradual return to their regular shipping schedule. the port will return to its pre-war scale of operation within days

The explosion caused severe damage to the outer glasses but no injuries were reported

The Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI) estimated last week that the direct damage to production facilities in Haifa and the northern region, since the beginning of the war was NIS 4.3 billion