All ZIM vessels operating in the ZCS, NEC and FMX services will bypass Haifa and Ashdod ports until further notice

Imports from China (by country of origin) have grown from $900m in 2000 to $4.6b in 2007

The ZCS service deploys 15 containerships with capacities of TEU 5,000 in the weekly service. The company will continue to call Livorno

On August 22 the new single hull vessel "Eurocargo Salerno" will replace M/V Spes which has been on service for several years

Israel was ranked 27th in economic performance; 21st in government efficiency; 16th in business efficiency and 14th in infrastructures

Sun D'Or was given the Antalya, Bratislava and Zagreb routes. Israir - the London and Rome routes - and Arkia the Barcelona and Madrid routes

The airline will begin operating on June 1 two weekly commercial flights. The company operates a fleet of 38 Boeing airplanes

Up to 26 scheduled weekly flights can be operated on Israel-Italian routes. Currently one Israeli and one Italian schedule airline are authorized to fly between the two countries