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The authority was set up on July 1, 1961, under the Ports Authority Law 5721-1961. On July 26, 1988, the Knesset approved an amendment to the Ports Authority Law, merging Israel Railways into the Authority, henceforth to be known as the Israel Ports and Railways Authority.
The Tel Aviv Port (Hebrew: נָמֵל תֵּל־אָבִיב, romanized: Nāmēl Tēl-ʾĀvīv; Arabic: حَيْفَا تَلّ أَبِيب, romanized: Mīnāʿ Tall ʾAbīb) is a commercial and entertainment district in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel along the Mediterranean Sea.
Initially against the wishes of the British authorities, the Jewish establishment decided to open Tel Aviv port as a competing port to Jaffa. The location chosen was at the Yarkon River estuary, close to the lighthouse, and the lighthouse served as a navigation aid for the port. Between 1937 and 1938 the Reading Power Station was built nearby. [3]
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Jaffa Port (before 1899) Jaffa Port (Hebrew: נמל יפו, Nemal Yāfō; Arabic: ميناء يافا, Menʿā Yāfā) is an ancient port situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in Old Jaffa within Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. The port serves as a fishing harbour, a yacht harbour, and as a tourist destination. [1]
The port is situated near the industrial and production centers of the country, as well as to Tel Aviv, the commercial center. The Port of Ashdod remains one of the few deep water ports in the world to be built on the open sea, and its construction involved great engineering challenges.
The authority is responsible for the management of Israel's major civil airports and land-to-land border terminals between Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority). The authority's head office is on the grounds of Ben Gurion International Airport. [1] As of 2024, the authority is headed by the CEO Sharon Kedmi.
When the Tel Aviv Port was built near the site in 1936, the port was used to store a temporary Levant Fair, [3] and thus the street leading to the harbour is named "Zion's Gate". In December 1936, the fairgrounds were the location of one of the first concerts of the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra, the future Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ...