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Ashdod

Ashdod is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country’s Southern District, it lies on the Mediterranean coast 32 km south of Tel Aviv. It is managed by the Port of Ashdod Authority.

Ashdod port aims to become first green port in Israel

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – Ashdod Port Company has announced a joint venture with the Israeli Ministry of Energy, which the port hopes...

China’s Pan Mediterranean Engineering Company wins Ashdod port contract

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – Pan Mediterranean Engineering Company (PMEC), part of China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd, has has won...

Siwertell wins Ashdod port contract

Siwertell road-mobile capabilities added to Ashdod’s sulfur-handling operations – August 15, 2019 Bruks Siwertell has secured a further Siwertell...

Ashdod port receives Chinese crane

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – Ashdod port has received the largest port crane in the country. The Chinese company ZPMC supplied the crane...

Bedeschi to supply Ashdod port with hopper equipment

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) March 24, 2019 – Bedeschi SpA has signed a contract for the supply of No. 2 additional self-propelled ecological hoppers...

Konecranes to supply cranes to Fridenson Logistics in Ashdod port

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Fridenson Logistics, a logistic services provider based in Israel, has purchased two Konecranes...

Spain’s Pullmantur to launch cruise calls in two Israeli ports

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The interest of cruise shipping companies is turning towards the Eastern Mediterranean, with Spain’s...

AdSP presidents on trade mission to Israel

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 1, 2018 – The presidents of the Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale and del Mar Tirreno...

Israel Ports Development & Assets Company completes bond issue

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Israel Ports Development & Assets Company Ltd has completed a NIS 2.5 billion (€580 million) bond issue,...

Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...

AdSPs of the Southern Adriatic Sea and the Central Tyrrhenian prepare a mission in Israel

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – On March 19, the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP –...

CroisiEurope announces four new Mediterranean coastal cruises

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Europe’s largest river cruise operator, CroisiEurope, has announced four brand new coastal cruises...

Labour strike at the port of Ashdod

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A strike has declared in the port of Ashdod, with mechanical and operating sector workers stopping the...

Ashdod port signs Ericsson agreement

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Port of Ashdod has signed an agreement with Ericsson Israel Ltd. for the acquisition and...

Ashdod port praises sea port competition

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Ashdod Port CEO Yitzhak Blumenthal has participated in a conference on technological innovation for the...

Ashdod port reviews year’s activities

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 2017 – In January-August 2017, 1,040,000 TEUs were handled by the port, an increase of 4% compared to the same...

New entry system at Ashdod port to improve service

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Ashdod Port Company has recently completed a large and complex project of upgrading the gate...

Ashdod Port Company sees improved H1 2017 performance.

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – In the first half of 2017 Ashdod Port Company recorded total revenue of 616m Israeli shekels (US$173m),...

China investment in Mediterranean ports

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...

ADM expands business in Ashdod

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) July 20 , 2017 – Archer Daniels Midland company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a controlling...

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