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Containers
ZIM restructures to focus on profitable areas
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, which has changed shape like plasticine in recent years, has announced another restructuring. The Israeli containerline…
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Gas
Giant gas reserve found off Israel
A huge gas reserve off Israel was announced on Sunday. Two local firms – Isramco Negev and Modiin Energy –…
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Containers
ZIM’s CEO Rafi Danieli resigns
The ceo of Israeli containerline ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is resigning. Having worked at ZIM for 38 years, including seven…
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Containers
Zim reportedly delays New York IPO
Haaretz, Israel’s oldest newspaper, is reporting containerline Zim Integrated Shipping Services has taken heed of the deteriorating market conditions and…
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Environment
Ashdod port fined for sulfur spill
Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry is fining the Ashdod Port Company NIS2.7m ($600,000) for marine pollution infractions, following a contamination incident…
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Middle East
Blaze onboard Chinese dredger at Haifa port
Fire broke out early this morning onboard a China-flagged hopper dredger berthed at Israel’s Haifa Port and threatened to engulf…
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Containers
ZIM rumoured to have hired IPO banks
Zim Integrated Shipping Services is rumoured to have hired Merrill Lynch (part of Bank of America Corp) and Barclays to…
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Gas
Israeli parliament approves gas field development plans
Israel’s parliament yesterday approved plans to develop three offshore natural gas fields. In a tight vote, parliament gave its blessing…
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Middle East
Ashdod port evacuated following discovery of radioactive material in a container
Port workers were evacuated from Israel’s Ashdod port yesterday when radioactive material was discovered in a container onboard a Chinese…
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Maritime CEO
FilterSafe: High costs of entry to ballast water treatment sector
Haifa: While the industry appears awash in technology firms offering solutions to ballast water at the moment, getting into this…
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Containers
Zim charters panamax from Diana Containerships
Athens: Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping Services has timechartered a panamax boxship from Diana Containerships for 10 to 12 months. The…
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Middle East
SIPG granted Israeli port concession
Tel Aviv: Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), operator of the largest port in China, has won a tender to operate…
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Middle East
Israel’s ports poised for privatisation
Cairo: Israel’s privatisation tsar has outlined plans to sell off stakes in the country’s two main ports by the end…
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Containers
Zim launches new tool for tracking sensitive cargo
Eilat: Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping has launched ZIMonitor, a new service for monitoring and tracking valuable and sensitive cargoes in…
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