
17.05.12
First ever call of OOCL vessel in Israel
The port calling id part of the Black Sea Express Service of the G6 Alliance

09.04.12
ZIM Upgrades its Asia-Black Sea service
The Israeli shipping company adds Odessa to its rotation on one line, offers a new joint service to Asian ports

31.01.12
The newly formed G6 Alliance to call Ashdod in April 2012
Unofficial sources reported that the G6 alliance might probebly call the port of Ashdod, as part of the Loop 9 connecting ports in the Far East with Black Sea ports

04.07.11
Grimaldi: m/v Grande Costa d'Avorio to further enhances the MEX service
The Mediterranean Express service (MEX) operated by the Grimaldi Group, linking the Mediterranean to West Africa, will be further strengthened. The upgrade will start on the 4th of July

13.12.10
Zim will change its East Med Express Service
The EMX service between Asia and the Black Sea, effective December 30, eliminates a westbound call at Xiamen and replaces it with Qingdao

07.06.10
El Al & Atlasjet decided to suspend flights to Istanbul
The two airlines were due to begin flights using Atlasjet planes on June 20 abd to compete with Turkish Airways' 25 weekly flights

14.12.09
El Al commences flights to Turkey
Beginning March 2010, El Al will operate a daily flight to Istanbul via a Turkish airline

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
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>"ZIM Shekou" inaugurated the improved EMX service to Ashdod/13.07.09
>Zim to improve EMX service/01.06.09
>Zim Lines: improved service, new calls in the EMX service/16.02.09
>OOCL Annouces a Significant Enhancement of It’s Service To / From Israel/12.01.09
>OOCL announced improved service to Israel/05.01.09
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