
23.11.09
MSC to launch "Novorossiysk Express" service
Transit time from Israel to Novorossiysk will be 4 – 5 days and the company will operate 2 dedicated feeder vessels

10.11.09
Maersk introduces new east-Med to central Europe service
The ALEX service will offer its first sailing from Ashdod on November 19, with port rotation of Alexandria, Ashdod, Koper, Ravenna, Piraeus, Limassol and back to Alexandria

02.11.09
Evergreen & Norasia to strengthen presence in the eastern Mediterranean
A slot exchange agreement will provide the Taiwanese carrier with weekly sailings between the Far East and East – Mediterranean / Black Sea ports

13.10.09
NNSA completed the installation of radiation detection systems at Ashdod Port
Announced it had completed the installation and testing of radiation detection systems at four new ports: Ashdod, Lisbon, Kaohsiung and Port Klang

29.09.09
Maersk line announced two new services To/Fm Russia and Turkey
The new service to/fm the port of Novorossiysk will deploy a TEU 900 vessel which will have transit time of 5 days. The new direct service to/fm Turkey will have the fatest transit time on the market

29.09.09
Zim announced the expansion of Adriatic/eastern Med service
The company will call port Alexandria in its ADX Service AND will offer its customers wider range of services

14.09.09
Ports privatization received Gov't green light
Privatizing the ports in stages will start on February 2010, when 15% of the shares in the port companies will be sold on the stock market

07.09.09
CKYH Alliance announced shake up in Asia-Europe / Med service
The Alliance will provide beginning October six services instead of seven - four to north Europe and two to the Mediterranean
More news from Ashdod Section
>Largest Cruise Ship called Israel/01.09.09
>MOU signed between Israel's Customs Directorate and Azerbaijan State Customs Committee/10.08.09
>2008’s combined profits of Israel's three maritime ports fell 14%/27.07.09
>Maersk upgraded Euromed service, will call Haifa/20.07.09
>"ZIM Shekou" inaugurated the improved EMX service to Ashdod/13.07.09
>Zim announced the end to its cooperation with MSC on the Adriatic route/06.07.09
>Zim to improve EMX service/01.06.09
>Ashdod Port fined for polluting the Mediterranean Sea/27.04.09
>Port of Ashdod: Labor Tribunal decides against nepotism/20.04.09
>Hamburg Sud to cancel Israeli congestion charge/20.04.09