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The Port of Ashdod: Israel's Container HubLead story
Ports & Logistics · May 31, 2026

The Port of Ashdod: Israel's Container Hub

Ashdod is typically Israel's largest container port by volume, 40km south of Tel Aviv. The 2021-opened Hadarom terminal under TIL/MSC concession now competes with the legacy Ashdod Port Company in the same bay.

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The Port of Ashdod: Israel's Container Hub
Ports & Logistics · May 31, 2026
The Port of Ashdod: Israel's Container Hub

Ashdod is typically Israel's largest container port by volume, 40km south of Tel Aviv. The 2021-opened Hadarom terminal under TIL/MSC concession now c…

Israel's Ports and Logistics: The Complete Map
Ports & Logistics · May 31, 2026
Israel's Ports and Logistics: The Complete Map

Over 98% of Israel's trade moves by sea. Six operators run the ports — Adani-Gadot (Haifa), SIPG (Bayport), MSC (Hadarom Ashdod), Ashdod Port Company,…

Haifa as a Strategic Maritime Gateway
Ports & Logistics · Jun 1, 2026
Haifa as a Strategic Maritime Gateway

Haifa Bay combines a commercial port complex (Adani-Gadot + SIPG) and the home base of the Israeli Navy with regular U.S. Sixth Fleet calls. Three str…

Haifa Bay Hires Frank Melloul to Sell IMEC
Ports & Logistics · Jun 2, 2026
Haifa Bay Hires Frank Melloul to Sell IMEC

The Haifa Bay Authorities appointed Frank Melloul as Ambassador on June 1, 2026. The role is a recognition that IMEC is becoming a competition not onl…

Why Israel Never Built the Eilat–Ashdod Rail
Ports & Logistics · May 26, 2026
Why Israel Never Built the Eilat–Ashdod Rail

Israel has studied an Eilat–Ashdod rail land bridge for fifteen years. It has never been built. The capacity, handling, and port-depth problems, the C…

Adani at Haifa: The Three-Year View
Ports & Logistics · May 26, 2026
Adani at Haifa: The Three-Year View

The 2023 Adani–Gadot acquisition of Haifa Port operating rights was the deal that made Israeli ports a corridor asset. Three years in, the operating,…

Eilat Port and the Red Sea Crisis
Ports & Logistics · May 28, 2026
Eilat Port and the Red Sea Crisis

Israel's only Red Sea port collapsed when the Houthi campaign closed the Bab el-Mandeb lane. Eilat Port Company sought state assistance in summer 2024…