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

At the company's annual convention managing-director Emanuele Grimaldi disclosed the large order for new ro-ro vessels. Allalouf Group, Grimaldi's representative in Israel, dispatched 25 people to the convention

The service will work twice a month between the Mediteranean and West Africa. Each partner will provide a 1,300 TEU ship

Ashdod port will begin handling cargo shipment and will become affectively the only direct call port on the eastern Mediterranean. Cosco will arrive to Ashdod once a week, on Thursday morning

COSCO is now offering a weekly, short transit time service with fixed day of loading, connecting Far Eastern ports Shanghai, Hong Kong , Shekou and Singapore with Israel and west Med ports: Naples, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia

China Shipping, through its local agent in Israel – "Intermaritime", will begin a new weekly round the world container service which will serve the Far East, Israel, ports in the Terranean sea and North America