The reform proposes basing port fees on the cost of providing the services and the cancellation of cross subsidies between export and import cargos

Minister of Finance Avraham Hirchson said that the rate hike was too high, and did not reflect Israel’s deployments for protecting its coastline and ports

The FICC proposed the inclusion in the 2007 budget of a plan to continue the exposure of the Israeli economy to competing imports

Representatives of Israel's shipper's council ( ISC) and representatives of Israel Manufacturers Association met last week Mr. Meir Shitrit, Minister of Transport, to discuss ways to revise Israel's "unfair" ports tariff