After 50 years during which the Haifa grain silo was operated by messers “Dagon”, a group consisting of two local companies, the Chimobil group and Lo-Gi trade & industry ltd. have won the bid published by the Port Authorities to operate the Haifa grain s

Based on a cost benefit analysis carried out by the American Mercator Transportation Group the Ministries of Finance and Transportation accepted, in principle, the setting up of a $858m land-bridge project that will, when completed

Mr. Amos Ron Israel’s Ports Authority director general announced that the authority has ended up the first quarter of 2004 with an income of NIS 447m and profit before tax and depreciation of NIS 119m

Mr. Udi Angel, Zim’s Chairman, has announced a major re-organization in the company’s management. The first step of the long awaited changes was announced by Mr. Angel who appointed Mr. Doron Godar as Zim’s deputy managing director

The Palestinian Authority (PA) with the full assistance of The Peres Center for Peace have set up the first Palestinian shipper’s council. The inauguration ceremony of the council with the active participation of large importers and exporters of the PA an

Container Depot 207, near the east Mediterranea port of Ashdod, was the final line of the JNF London-Jerusalem car race. On May 20 2004 the cars ended up their race at the container depot from where they were loaded on board the motor vessel “Kastrel” and

After four months of negotiations between the port authority and the Government, an announcement was made by Mr. Amos Ron, Director General of the Israeli Ports Authority ( PA ) that, subject to the final approval of the Government legal adviser, the PA w

The Chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce Mr. Uriel Lyn has strongly criticized the Government for not having carried out two previous Government decisions and a decision taken by the Court of Justice to embark upon a policy of openin