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Port of Ashdod

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Ashdod Port
נמל אשדוד
Ashdod Port
Map
Interactive map of Ashdod Port
נמל אשדוד
Location
CountryIsrael
LocationDerech Petach Tikva 74, Ashdod
Coordinates31°49′26.03″N 34°38′49.57″E / 31.8238972°N 34.6471028°E / 31.8238972; 34.6471028
UN/LOCODEIL ASH[1]
Details
Opened1965
Operated byIsrael Port Authority
Owned byGovernment of Israel
Type of HarborArtificial Seaport
No. of piers12
Water DepthChannel 46 - 50 feet (14 - 15.2 meters), Cargo Pier 16 - 20 feet (4.9 - 6.1 meters)
Port ServicesElectrical Repair, Navigation Eq, Garbage Disposal, Dirty Ballast
Anchorage76 feet – (OVER 23.2m)
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage
23.6 million tons (2017)
Annual container volume
1.525 million TEU (2017)
Passenger traffic26,757 (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.

It was built in the 1960s and opened in November 1965 with the arrival of the Swedish vessel Vingaland which brought a shipment of sugar from Warsaw. [3]

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. Cargo also arrives at the port for Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian authority as well as ships carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip also unload their cargo at Ashdod.[4][5]

History

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Tel Mor served as a port for Philistine Kingdom of Ashdod during the Late Bronze Age. When Ashdod was destroyed in the 10th century BCE it was not rebuilt.

After Ashdod rebelled against Sargon II, the King of Assyria in 717 BCE he destroyed it and built a fortified city called Ashdod-Yam together with a harbor.[6][7][8]

Modern Port

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Ashdod is one of six commercial ports operating in Israel, in addition to Haifa, the Bay Port, Israel Shipyards Port, the South Port and the Port of Eilat. It is the only port that is run by a governmental company, the Ashdod Port Company Ltd.[9]


In March 2004 a double suicide bombing killed ten people and injured sixteen when two Hamas suicide bombers from the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza detonated bombs in the port. [10][11]


See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "UNLOCODE (IL) - ISRAEL". service.unece.org. UNECE. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Dun's 100 Israeli's Largest Enterprises2009. Ashdod Port Co. Ltd. D&B
  3. ↑ Hecht, Esther (2017-11-03). "Ashdod, Home of the Tetrapods". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Egyptians, Jordanians Import Goods Via Israeli Ports - Globes". en.globes.co.il. 1999-10-28. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan) Corridor 'Back-to-Back' Route" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "TAU archaeologists find massive Iron Age fortifications". Tel Aviv University. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  7. ↑ Finkelstein, Israel; Singer-Avitz, Lily (2001-09-01). "Ashdod Revisited". Tel Aviv. 28 (2): 231–259. doi:10.1179/tav.2001.2001.2.231. ISSN 0334-4355.
  8. ↑ "Ashdod in the Assyrian Period: Territorial Extent and Political History" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "The Ports Sector in Israel and Aspects of Operation and Service at Ashdod Port" (PDF). State Comptroller of Israel.
  10. ↑ "Suicide bombing at Ashdod Port". www.gov.il. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  11. ↑ "SECRETARY-GENERAL 'STRONGLY CONDEMNS' DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN ASHDOD, ISRAEL" (PDF).
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