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Port of Eilat seen from the sea. The Port of Eilat was declared in 1952, and constructed between 1952 and 1956. [1] It was opened for cargo traffic in 1957 and it was designed to serve as the southern gateway to Israel for shipments from East Africa, Asia and the Far East, as it allows Israeli shipping to reach the Indian Ocean without having to sail through the Suez Canal. [2]
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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.
In July 2022, the Israeli government announced that the Haifa port had been sold to winning bidders Adani Ports & SEZ and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot for 4.1 billion shekels (US$1.2 billion). [6] The sale does not include the new Bay Terminal completed in 2021 which is situated across the harbor from the existing shipping terminals.
A map of Galilee showing the Haifa Bay Haifa Bay as viewed from Denia. Haifa Bay. Haifa: German Colony and harbour. The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay (Hebrew: מפרץ חיפה, Mifratz Heifa), formerly Bay of Acre, [1] is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
The 1993 Oslo I Accord announced a program for the establishment of a Gaza Sea Port Area. [2] Plans were re-announced in the 1994 Gaza–Jericho Agreement. [3] The 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum determined that the construction works could commence on 1 October 1999, but construction did not start until July 2000.
In 2002, Israeli forces attacked the Palestinian Naval Police facilities in the port, [11] after Naval Police commanders were implicated in the Karine A affair, an attempt to secretly bring in 50 tons of weapons by boat into Gaza. In 2007, following Hamas' takeover of Gaza, Israel imposed a blockade of the Gaza Strip, including a naval blockade ...