Cosco Shipping Lines and its subsidiary, OOCL, have apparently backtracked on halting calls to Israeli ports.
In December, Cosco announced that Israel-bound services would be suspended due to “operational difficulties”.
Both lines are still calling at Haifa and Ashdod ports, with long-haul shipments facilitated through transhipment at Piraeus in Greece and Velncia in Spain.
In Haifa, Cosco and OOCL use the SIPG Bayport Terminal, operated by the China state-owned Shanghai International Port Group.
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