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The Port of Haifa is the largest in Israel; it has natural deep-water harbor operating all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It
The Port of Haifa is the largest in Israel; it has natural deep-water harbor operating 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. Here we see its container port and its gantry cranes early in the morning, from our cruise ship just entering the port. I love these giant gantry cranes - they look like enormous cranes (the bird!) ready to
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