Israel has inaugurated a new port terminal in Haifa Bay to bolster regional trade and minimise import expenditure.
The $1.7bn (NIS5.5bn) Bay Port at Haifa, on the Mediterranean coast, will be managed by China-based Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).
The new terminal will have the capacity to handle bigger classes of cargo vessels up to roughly 400m in length and with carrying capacities of around 18,000 containers.
In 2015, SIPG secured the tender to operate the commercial shipping centre...
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