Unofficial sources reported that the G6 alliance might probebly call the port of Ashdod, as part of the Loop 9 connecting ports in the Far East with Black Sea ports

ISRAEL's port of Ashdod welcome last week its biggest ever container vessel owned by Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ( "K" Line's) the TEU 8,212 Humber Bridge.

Allalouf & co. shipping and NYK marked 20 years of service to Eilat Port and the transport of one million cars to Israel

"K" Line's TEU 8000 container vessel "HUMBER BRIDGE", will call Ashdod port on January 14th 2012. The vessel will be the largest container vessel ever to call in Israel. The vessel will be deployed by the CKYH Alliance

Israel is ranked 25th out of the 34 OECD member states, ahead of only Turkey, Italy, and Greece

On the size of its government, where it scored 4.6 out of a possible 10, Israel was ranked 127th

Imports from China have grown from 0.9 billion US$ in 2000, to US$ 6.2 billion in 2010, compared to US$4.7B Dollars in 2009. 23.1% of goods manufactured in China were imported via third countries.