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Ashdod

Ashdod is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country’s Southern District, it lies on the Mediterranean coast 32 km south of Tel Aviv. It is managed by the Port of Ashdod Authority.

Israel’s naval base in Haifa port attacked. Cargo port operational

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group with a total financial and military backing from Iran...

Arrests in Israel after agent exposes smuggling in Ashdod port

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – After the longest-ever operation of a covert agent (code named Jack Sparrow) of the Israel Police,...

Israel begins general strike, ports affected

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Yesterday, a countywide strike started, affecting many sectors in the country. The action is part of a...

Rome government approves return to Israeli ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Maritime Safety has unanimously resolved to reopen safely commercial...

Norwegian Cruise Line cancels 2024 visits to Israeli ports

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has cancelled all visits to Israel in 2024 due to the Israel-Hamas war. This...

Update: Israel to cover ships’ war damages

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 29, 2023 – The Israel Tax Authority (ITA) said that compensation would be awarded for “war damage” caused to...

Israel’s Port of Ashdod starts to see economic effects

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – The Port of Ashdod has started to see the effects of the crisis with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The port is...

Reuters: Backlog at Israeli ports grows

Jerusalem, Israel (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – Under the headline Backlog at Israeli ports grows as country steps up shipping supplies global news agency...

Israeli ports and the Hamas attack

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – More than two days after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas gunmen burst across the fence from Gaza, entered...

Thessaloniki Port Authority and Ashdod Port, Israel, plan cooperation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 8, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) and Ashdod Port, Israel, have announced a cooperation agreement....

MSC to restart DRAGON service

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...

Ashdod Port Company signs agreement with Maersk North America

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Ashdod Port Company has signed an agreement with Maersk North America to collaborate on innovation...

Israel’s Ashdod Port signs agreements with five startup companies

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – The port of Ashdod has signed agreements with five startup companies as part of the port’s...

Israel’s Port of Ashdod imports Tesla cars from China

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) November 9, 2022 – The Port of Ashdod will soon receive deliveries of Tesla cars manufactured in Shanghai, China. A delivery...

Russia’s RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2022 – Russia’s transport company RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa with a multimodal...

Ports of Barcelona and Ashdod sign agreement

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2022 – The Ports of Barcelona and Ashdod have signed an agreement to develop collaboration. The cooperation...

RUSCON launches direct multimodal service to Port of Ashdod

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Russian logistics operator RUSCON has launched a new multimodal service between Russia and the Port of...

Port of Ashdod receives five new STS cranes

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Port of Ashdod has received five semi-automatic ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and aims to reduce...

ZIM adds port of Trieste to service

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – The Israeli shipping company ZIM has added the Italian port of Trieste to the rotation of two of the...

Admiral’s TMM service makes first call at APM Terminals Castellón and Israel

Admiral Container Lines has added APM Terminals Castellón and two Israeli ports to its TMM service, which now connects Turkey, Spain, Isreal, Egypt and...

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