The joint operation will take effect in April 2010 serving Korea, Central and South China, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

Taiwan and Israel signed an agreement on mutual assistance and cooperation in customs affairs in June this year

Israel was ranked 32nd in the organization's index, a slight improvement from the year before, when it ranked 33rd

The group shipped more than 22,000 tones out of a total 32,000 tones of avocados exported from Israel last season

The IMF also predicts that Israel's inflation will be 3.6% in 2009 and 2% in 2010 and that Israel's unemployment rate will be 8.2% this year

Israel fell to 27th place from 23rd place last year and from 14th place three years ago. Qatar leads the rankings from the Middle East

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

The call demonstrated that ocean carriers see the Pacific Northwest as a viable gateway for mega-ships