Although the speed limits were raised by 10 km/h, the Ministry of Transport has coordinated with the Israel Police to enforce the speed limits beginning at only 10% above the limit

The company has announced the introduction of the new Turkey-Levant Service (TRL) which will deploy two TEU 1,000 vessels with new direct calls at Alexandria and Ashdod

Haifa port company Ltd. handled TEU 101,000, Ashdod port company Ltd. handled TEU 89,000. Eilat port company unloaded 11,034 vehicles

The company noted that beginning in February 2011 Iscont Lines, serving Israeli ports and North European ports, will offer direct weekly call to the port of Hamburg

The EMX service between Asia and the Black Sea, effective December 30, eliminates a westbound call at Xiamen and replaces it with Qingdao

Ministerial privatization committee authorized the Government to privatize the port of Eilat. This is the first step in a government long term plan to privatize Israel's maritime ports

The ports worker's union declared a labor dispute in advance over the salary talks, thereby bypassing the mandatory 14-day cooling off period

The celebration was held on board MSC Splendida at the port of Ashdod. MSC Israel president, Edni Simkin, noted that the company will transport TEU300,000 this year, making it the second largest shipping company in Israel