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Israel

Israel is a country in Western Asia. It is located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. The primary seaports are Haifa and Ashdod. The main port of Haifa which is currently being privatised with a concession awarded to Adani Group and Gadot. Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is the operator of the new Haifa Bayport facility.

Port of Ashdod has reported improved financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) May 9, 2022 – The Port of Ashdod has reported improved financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021 with an operating...

Cargo ships queue to enter Israeli ports

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The number of cargo ships queuing to enter Israeli ports is growing as ports cannot handle the volume. The...

Port of Ashdod welcomes first cruise ship since February 2020

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Two days ago, the cruise ship Emerald Azzurra docked at the Port of Ashdod, the first since February 2020....

Yildirim will end its interest in bidding for a tender to manage a terminal in Haifa port, Israel

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 15, 2022 – Turkey’s Dünya newspaper has reported that the Turkish company Yildirim will end its interest in...

500 Global to recruit about ten startups for Ashdod Port technology Accelerator program

Ashdod, Israel, (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Venture capital firm 500 Global will operate the Accelerator program and recruit about ten startups in...

Zim’s ADX service to use Chinese-managed Haifa Bayport

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – Following a successful trial, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has signed a contract with SIPG (Shanghai...

Ashdod Port to pay dividend for 2019-2020

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Board of Directors of Port of Ashdod has approved the distribution of a dividend of NIS 90 million...

Container terminal in Syria’s port of Latakia, controlled by Iran, hit by an Israeli missile strike

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The container storage area of Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of Latakia was hit by an Israeli...

DP World pulls out of Haifa port privatisation tender

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) December 3, 2021 – DP World of Dubai has withdrawn from the tender to operate the Israeli port of Haifa. This was reported by...

ZIM reports record financial results for the third quarter of 2021

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, a global container liner shipping company, announced today its consolidated results for the three and nine months ended...

Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel meets with Israel’s Eilat Mayor

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 9, 2021 – The Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel, Yevhen Korniychuk, has met with with the mayor of Eilat port-city,...

Port of Ashdod can now handle megaships

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 27, 2021 – The Port of Ashdod is completing renovation on the western side of Platform 21. This allows...

Port of Ashdod to provide Azerbaijan port with cyber and security assistance

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – Dr. Tala Ziadov, chairman of the Azerbaijani Ports Association, and Bernard Ben Yishai from the Port...

Israel’s ambassador to Spain visits Port of Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, has been visiting Spain’s Basque region,...

Port of Ashdod hosts maritime cyber conference

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 19, 2021 – Ashdod Port has hosted Israel’s first maritime cyber conference and industry experts attended to...

New Chinese-operated Haifa Bay Port starts operations

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – China’s state-owned Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) won the tender in 2015 to operate the new...

Israel’s Haifa port privatisation expected to attract four bidders – DP World seen as leading the front runner consortium

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 10, 2021 – A joint venture between Dubai’s DP World and Israel Shipyards Industries looks like the front runners in the...

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