
01.04.07
Number of Israeli exporters operating in the US grew in 2006 by 740
The number of Israeli exporters operating in the US grew in 2006 by 740, an 11% growth. Israeli exporters operate in highly remote places such as Greenland, Falkland Islands

01.04.07
Holland America Line's flag ship ms "Amsterdam" to visit Ashdod this week
This will happen during itsWorld Cruise 2007. he ms Amsterdam is carrying 1,200 passengers, mostly American, and 700 crew members

22.01.07
Heritage Foundation places Israel 37th on Economic Freedom Index
Israel is classified by the survey as “Moderately Free” and is ranked three places lower than in 2006. According to the index the freest economy is Hong Kong

01.01.07
First Yang Ming Line container ship in Ashdod
The 2,200 TEU capacity ship is the first of six container ships to call at Ashdod on regular basis on three monthly calls as from January 2007

25.12.06
First Yang Ming Line container ship in Ashdod
M/V YM Ocean, voy.647W, call last week the Israeli port of Ashdod after several years during which no Yang Ming ships called Israeli ports

04.12.06
Yang Ming will again provide direct calls to Israel
The company decided to provide more stable and reliable service quality to its Israeli customers and has added the port of Ashdod to its direct far east service

23.10.06
World Economic Forum: Israel is one of the world's most competitive economies
The rankings are drawn from a combination of publicly available hard data and the results of the Executive Opinion Survey

16.10.06
“Euromoney” ranked Israel in 40th place among 185 countries
According to“Euromoney”, Israel scored in total 68.2 points, out of the maximum 100, in the 2006 rankings. Israel is down two places
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