Port of Ashdod

Ashdod Port נמל אשדוד
Ashdod Port
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Location
Country	Israel
Location	Ashdod
Coordinates	31°49′26.03″N 34°38′49.57″E / 31.8238972°N 34.6471028°E / 31.8238972; 34.6471028
UN/LOCODE	IL ASH[1]
Details
Opened	1965
Operated by	Israel Port Authority
Owned by	Government of Israel
Type of harbour	Artificial
No. of piers	12
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	23.6 million tons (2017)
Annual container volume	1.525 million TEU (2017)
Passenger traffic	26,757 (2017)
Annual revenue	₪1,114 million [2]
Website ashdodport.co.il

The Port of Ashdod (Hebrew: נמל אשדוד) is one of Israel's three main cargo ports. The port is located in Ashdod, about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, adjoining the mouth of the Lachish River. Its establishment significantly enhanced the country's port capacity. It handles the largest volume of cargo containers annually (1.525 million TEU in 2017) of all Israeli ports. Ships carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip also unload their cargo at Ashdod.