The Asia Black Sea Express service (ABX) will call at the Egyptian port of Damietta on bi-weekly frequency which will allow doubling the capacity from the Far East to Israel

The new service optimises the existing networks and deploys 4 vessels of each 2.200 TEU, the service will begin January 2009

Potatoes will go to the UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Greece, Belgium and Poland

Samuel Ofer had been awarded an honorary KBE (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth, in recognition of his services to UK maritime heritage

The service features connections between Southampton to Ashdod and Haifa via Cagliari, Italy. Transit time is approximately 18 days

During September 2008, 1.07 million passengers passed through the Airport. Since the beginning of 2008 8.6 million passengers passed through Ben Gurion

The service is a weekly service deploying nine TEU 4,083 - TEU 4250 vessels. The last EWX voyage is Zim Genova departing Shanghai on Oct. 4th

The survey ratings show a clear dominance by airports in Asia over those in Europe