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Burst! The country's first port has been hit by missiles
May 09, 2024|
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Iraq's Shiite militant group said it launched a missile strike on the northern Israeli port of Haifa, according to the Financial News agency. The group also said it would continue hitting Israeli infrastructure in response to Israel's military operation in Gaza.
It is understood that Haifa port is located in the northern end of the western coast of Israel at the entrance of the southern shore of Haifa Bay, bordering the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea, is the largest port in Israel. It is the transportation and industrial center of northern Israel and the railway hub along the Mediterranean coast. The annual cargo throughput of Haifa Port is nearly 30 million tons, and the container throughput is about 1.5 million TEUs.
Earlier, the Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq had used drones to attack Ashdod, Israel's second largest seaport. The port of Ashdod, also on the Mediterranean coast, is used mainly for the import and export of containers, general goods and bulk cargo.
In the Red Sea region, Israel's third largest port, Eilat, was hit by Houthi missile attacks, and import and export operations were almost suspended. Car imports account for more than 75 percent of all profits at the port of Eilat, southern Israel's only access to the Red Sea and one of the country's most critical trading ports to the Asia-Pacific region.
Israel's local port business has been hit repeatedly since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Houthi attacks have also disrupted the Red Sea route, through which at least 30 percent of imports to Israel's top two ports, Haifa and Ashdod, pass through the Suez Canal.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Sareya said on Wednesday that the Houthis would launch attacks on Israeli-linked ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. Houthi leader Abdul Malik Houthi has ordered the group to launch attacks on all ships heading from the Mediterranean to Israeli ports, and the Houthis will strike the ships "in the Mediterranean area that can be covered" by their weapons.
Due to geopolitical risks, the shipping market is in chaos, sea freight rates are soaring, shipping companies have stopped many ports and booking services, freight forwarers need to pay close attention to the latest developments in real time, so as to make reasonable transportation plans.
