Following discussions between ISC and the shipping companies serving Israel, an agreement was reached regarding the levy of congestion surcharge for a period of 3 months

Israeli shippers will have to pay a congestion (detention) surcharge at the Port of Haifa & Ashdod from the beginning of June 2006

During the first quarter of 2006 it handled TEU 298,000, an increase of 15.4% compared to the parallel period last year (TEU 252,000), and 7% increase compared to the last quarter of 2005

Israel's population topped 7 million for the first time on the eve of its 58th Independence Day, according to the government's statistics bureau

Amos Uzani, Haifa Port’s CEO, added that with the two new cranes he expect container productivity to increase by almost 20%

At a conference marking the reforms' first anniversary held last week, the outgoing Israel Ports CEO Amos Ron said that without a reform in port users fees, the port reforms remain incomplete

Labor disputes and strike actions at the ports of Haifa and Ashdod severely disrupted commercial ties between the ports management companies and several international shipping companies

Shraga Brosh, Manufacturers Association president said last week that unless the Ashdod Port’s management and workers committee settle their disputes and end the disruptions at the port, he would recommend that exporters and importers use other ports