As of 15th May 2009 Hamburg Sd will not charge Congestion Surcharge at both Israeli ports of Haifa & Ashdod, until further notice

Loop ABX will also call Damietta, enabling OOCL to offer service on a bi-weekly basis, thereby doubling the capacity

The Asia Black Sea Express service (ABX) will call at the Egyptian port of Damietta on bi-weekly frequency which will allow doubling the capacity from the Far East to Israel

The service is a weekly service deploying nine TEU 4,083 - TEU 4250 vessels. The last EWX voyage is Zim Genova departing Shanghai on Oct. 4th

Israel ports development & assets company has been granted an observer status at ESPO meeting thus becoming the first non-European port company to join the organization

Mr. Hestbaek has recently been promoted as an overall director of Hamburg Sd's European trade. AMA moves annually some TEU32,000 between Israel EU and the UK

The event will be opened by Mr. Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Minister of Transport, in the presence of business leaders representing several leading multinational logistic companies such asKuehne + Nagel,UTi, representatives of leading shipping companies such as

Carriers of the Europe/Mediterranean Trade Agreement reduced last week by $3 their war risk surcharge for vessels calling at Israeli ports to $24 from $27