Port of Haifa

Port of Haifa
נמל חיפה
ميناء حيفا
The Port of Haifa
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Location
Country Israel
LocationHaifa
Coordinates32°49′12″N 35°00′16″E / 32.820118°N 35.00448°E / 32.820118; 35.00448
Details
Opened1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Operated byHaifa Port Company, Ltd.
Owned by
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage29.53 million tons (2018)
Annual container volume1.46 million TEU (2018)
Passenger traffic140,054 (2017)
Website
haifaport.co.il

The Port of Haifa (Hebrew: נָמֵל חֵיפָה, romanizedNāmēl Ḥēyfāh; Arabic: حَيْفَا مِينَة‎, romanizedMīnāʿ Ḥayfā) is the largest of Israel's three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. Its natural deep-water harbor operates all year long and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and handles about 30 million tons of cargo per year (not including Israel Shipyards' port). The port employs over 1,000 people, rising to 5,000 when cruise ships dock in Haifa.[1] The Port of Haifa lies north of Haifa's downtown quarter on the Mediterranean and stretches to some three kilometres along the city's central shore with activities ranging from military, industrial, and commercial next to a nowadays-smaller passenger cruising facility.

  1. ^ Blau, Uri (2007-06-28). "Radius of destruction". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2007-09-10.