Haifa Port - Looking to the future Looking to the future “The secret of the unprecedented success of the human race is the ability to plan the future” (Daniel Milo) “Tomorrow perhaps we will sail on ships” wrote the Israeli national poet Naomi Shemer, our employees. Our most important and significant advantage is our human resource: and astounded in her description of a future of peace, prosperity and achievement. professional, serious, service oriented, dedicated and imbued with pride. Haifa Port For the Haifa Port company, tomorrow is our work program. As the maritime gateway contends with a competitive environment, which obligates continual professionalism and leading the Israeli foreign trade shipping, the enormity of the responsibility resting on provision of excellent and effective service and fair pricing. We know that the international our shoulders is great and it obligates us to be not only the most effective and the most businesses that arrive at Haifa Port are carried out by people, and behind every ship is service-oriented, but also the most advanced: those who can see one step forward can a business owner for whom the cargo is everything to him. As it is this way for us too. forecast the changes in the field of maritime trade and are prepared for them. Seven days a week, every day of the year. Nothing less than excellence shall suffice and A future of peace, prosperity and achievement is also the vision of the Haifa Port company. it is never enough. The best interest of the company and the best interest of the economy of the State of The exciting history of the State of Israel is interwoven with Haifa Port, and therein is our Israel always stand together at the top of our order of priorities. We work tirelessly to future as a central economic engine and as a bridge to peace in the Middle East. The maintain operational efficacy, environmental and social accountability and a commitment investment in development of Haifa Port and its empowerment has placed it as one of the to the highest of international standards. And indeed, everyone who visits Haifa Port is most modern and advanced ports in the region. Our innovative technology, professionalism impressed by its fortitude, its innovation and its excellence; we have updated ourselves and efficiency – give us hope that in a future of peace, Haifa Port shall become the entry with more state of the art equipment for unloading and loading all types of freight, and and exit gateway for all the countries of the Middle East. we operate the best global computerized systems for management of the work in the Every day a new tomorrow begins, and we, at the Haifa Port company, are proud terminals and we constantly promote the interface between the port and the rest of the to present it already today. links of the logistics chain. Yours sincerely, It is not only innovation in technology and equipment of the highest degree that makes Mendy Salzman, CEO Eshel Armoni, Chairman of the Board of Directors the Haifa Port the best in Israel. Behind the successes and achievements of the port are From then till now The history of the port For the past 85 years Haifa Port presents pride for the port and for Israel. The history of flag was removed from the Port Administration Building for the first time, and hours later the port starts a long time before the time of the British mandate: the one who understood the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion, arrived at Haifa Port in order to take before everyone the huge potential of Haifa as an important port city in the modern era control of the new Jewish-Israeli port. After the War of Independence, Haifa Port served was Benyamin Zeev Herzl, the father of the State and the founder of political Zionism, as a gateway for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in Israel by sea who wrote in his famous book “Altneuland” a prophetic description of the future of Haifa from all points of the universe. as an important port city. However, the first people to establish a modern port in Haifa The dynamic economic development of the young Israel made the importance of the were, as aforementioned, the British, who controlled Israel after World War I. In 1920 port ultimate and since the establishment of the State and to the present day Haifa Port experimental drilling commenced and two years later the British engineer Sir Frederick continues to take part in the State’s most significant moments, at times of peace and war. Palmer confirmed that Haifa was the most suitable site for a deep sea port, after he Haifa Port was lucky to host the President of Egypt Anwar Sadat, who arrived with his surveyed the entire coast of Israel. presidential yacht for a visit to Israel shortly after signature on the the peace agreement, Following several years of construction the ribbon was cut on October 31, 1933 and the and on the other hand has also always operated around the clock during times of war in opening of the port was officially announced. Many important and splendid chapters of every situation and under risk, in order to enable the unloading of essential products and the history of the State of Israel are connected with Haifa Port.: starting from “the wharf armaments. Throughout all the years Haifa Port was and is continuing to be the leading of tears”, to which the illegal immigrant ships were brought that had been detained by the gateway of the State of Israel to the world, and the port is a leader in the transportation British Navy during and after World War II, prior to the expulsion of the illegal immigrants of goods, cargoes and tourists in the prosperous State of Israel. Today too Haifa Port to Mauritius or Cyprus; and up to the longed for moment, on May 14, 1948, when the presents innovation, professionalism and empowerment, whereby it is leading Israel into last British Commissioner, Alan Cunningham, embarked on the Navy ship and stated the the new and technological era on the maritime front. end of the British Mandate in the Land of Israel. On June 30 in that same year the British Port Plus All the advantages in one port! • Haifa Port is located in a natural and protected bay, which enables entry • Haifa Port is the most innovative and advanced in Israel, and work at the and exit of ships without interruption in all seasons of the year. container terminals is managed by computer, is efficient and expeditious, while placing an emphasis on optimization of the loading and unloading The terminals of Haifa Port enable entry of huge cargo ships and transportation • work of the cargoes. of any type of freight: containers, general freight, bulk, grains, chemicals, vehicles, fuel and roll on/roll off ships. • At Haifa Port the work is continual, twenty four seven. • The port is located adjacent to the busiest shipping line in the world: from • The internet website of the company offers the customers of the port a and to the Suez Canal. friendly and convenient interface, and presents data with full transparency. • The traffic accessibility to the port is convenient in all directions, without • The new passenger terminal of the Haifa Port is directly linked with downtown having the need to enter into the city itself. Haifa, and is only several minutes walk from the Haifa Centre Hashmona train station and the metro stations. • The connection of the port to the railway network of Israel Railways and in close cooperation with the cargo division of the railway enable transportation of freight from Nahariya in the north to Dimona and Oron in the south, and to the east on the valley railway towards the Jordanian border. Data The port in numbers (data for 2018) 29,531,000 Segmentation of freight at haifa port: Tons has been transported in Haifa Port January - December 2018 3% 50.3% 17% Of all the freight that passed through all four ports in Israel – passed through Haifa Port 11% 24% 9% 1,463,997 Containers – TEUs were transported in Haifa Port 36% 240,000 passengers and tourists will pass this coming year through the passenger terminal in the port Chemicals Fuel Cereals General Freight & Bulk Cargo Import Containers Export Containers Northern exposure Haifa port for the benefit of the economy of the state Due to its geographical and geopolitical location, Israel runs as an economic island junction in the logistics chain of trade to and from Israel. As the capital of the North, relying on maritime trade. This is the reason that the significance of the maritime ports Haifa and its port are a financial impetus for the Israeli economy and for the residents of in Israel’s foreign trade is so immense: some 98% of Israel’s foreign trade pass through the North in particular. Every work place in the Haifa Port creates another 7 work places the maritime ports, whereby the international trade constitutes more than 60% of the outside of the port comprising supporting services and complementary businesses. gross national product of the State, and the maritime trade to Israel multiplies itself on The considerable number of exporters and importers in Haifa and in the north of Israel average every 5 years. The port is a significant player in the design of the city of Haifa emphasizes the importance of the port for the whole north of Israel. and constitutes an anchor for its economic, business and urban development that As a result of the depth of the wharf at Haifa Port, large and new container ships started focuses on transportation of goods and tourism, and on the businesses and industries arrive in Israel.