The Ship has also become the biggest container ship ever to sail in Israeli waters

Close to 1600 containers were unloaded and loaded during this first visit in a rate of 191 containers per ship hour. MSC's CEO in Israel: "The GGS is an evidence of a strong belief in Israel's economy and the ability of Haifa Port to become a transshipmen

With a new direct weekly call in Haifa, MSC's Golden Gate Service will offer shorter transit time with 13 9200 TEU vessels. Israeli sources noted that it will have a major impact on the Israeli shipping sector.

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.

"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

The new rotation will commence at Ningbo on May 20th. The South China service is enhanced, together with Zim’s partners The Grand Alliance and Hyundai, with the SCE and SCE2

The three carriers together will deploy nine ships with capacity of between TEU 8,000 and TEU 8,500. The ZIM ANTWERP will initiate the new service from Qingdao on April 24th