Yisrael Katz, Israel’s transportation minister, has announced that tenders for the construction and operation of two new ports will be issued by July 1, Haaretz reports.
Israel
21 May 2013
The Israeli government is planning to issue a tender to build a privately run seaport in the coming months, pledging to end the monopolies of the two main ports of Ashdod and Haifa, Haaretz reports.
09 May 2013
Standard & Poor’s Maalot lowered its credit rating for Zim Integrated Shipping Services to “CCC” from “B.”
22 Mar 2013
Zim intends to order cheaper and more efficient container ships to replace the five large vessels the Israeli ocean carrier canceled this week.
22 Mar 2013
Mediterranean Shipping Co. will hike rates for all cargo in its trade from Asia to the eastern and western Mediterranean, North Africa, the Black Sea, the Adriatic, North Europe and Scandinavia (Baltic), starting April 15.
13 Mar 2013
Zim Integrated Shipping Services has announced that Zim Container Service Atlantic will add a second call in New York on its eastbound route, starting this month.
11 Feb 2013
Zim Integrated Shipping Services will restructure its network this month, to enhance the carrier’s Asia to east Mediterranean and Black Sea service.
05 Feb 2013
Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Zim Integrated Shipping Services will launch a new joint Mediterranean-Europe service in mid-February.
16 Jan 2013
Israel’s Haifa Port reported its container traffic in 2012 was 1.38 million 20-foot-equivalent units, an 11.5 percent increase compared with 2011 and a record high for the port.
20 Dec 2012
OOCL recently announced changes to Israel terminal-handling charges and rate increases for Canada's trans-Pacific westbound trade.
18 Dec 2012
Cosco Container Lines, one of the four carrier members of the CKYH Alliance, will institute several surcharge adjustments.
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