Ports

More than a port - a strategic anchor for Israel

Ashdod Port has proven that it is not merely an economic asset or a transportation hub. It is a pillar of national resilience, continuity, and sovereignty

Shaul Schnider, Chairman of the Board, Ashdod Port
Ashdod Port

Record profits for Ashdod Port Company in 2025

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an exercise in southern Iran, in this handout image obtained on February 16, 2026; illustrative.

IRGC issues evacuation warning for civilians close to US forces in Gulf States

Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.

CENTCOM warns civilians to avoid ports used by Iranian military, IRGC along Strait of Hormuz


אוֹנִיוֹת מַשָׂא עֲנָקִיוֹת

Huge cargo ships

Huge cargo ships in Ashdod

Private Ashdod port building ahead of schedule, says ports company

Transportation Minister Israel Katz toured the building site of the port on Tuesday, commenting on the impressive progress.

A general view shows the Israeli army navy port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010.

Likud minister: Israel should let Gaza build a seaport

"If we cut off from Gaza - we would be cut off from half of the Palestinian problem," says Intelligence Minister Israel Katz.

Palestinians stand atop a boat at Gaza's seaport in Gaza City October 16

Grapevine: Doing good deeds

Port of Ashdod

Ashdod Port fined NIS 9 million for blocking car import competition

The Antitrust Authority says the port company providing specially-tailored discounts to individual vehicle importers and punished others.

Port of Ashdod

נְמַל חֵיפָה זָכָה בַּמָקוֹם הָרִאשוֹן

Haifa Port won first place

Haifa Port

Histadrut chief Nissankorn demands port upgrades, threatens strike

The port unions have been in an uproar since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Israel Katz announced plans to build new, privately-run competing ports.

A worker sits as a crane unloads containers from a ship at the port of the northern city of Haifa

Port strike ends as contracts signed with new operators

Israel Chemicals and Histadrut labor federation end 115-day dispute on layoffs.

A worker sits as a crane unloads containers from a ship at the port of the northern city of Haifa

Business is Business and Moses is Moses

Israeli businessman hopes to ship goods through Jordan to Arab world.

Cargo ships dock at the port of Aden in southern Yemen [File]

Haifa mayor blockades city’s polluting factories, orders license cancellations

Over 10 years about 780 of the 4,860 cancer cases - including lung and bladder cancer - found in the region likely resulted from air pollution exposure

Municipal trucks block entrance to factories linked to air pollution.