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July 6, 2011
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- A delegation of the Israel Ports Development & Assets Co. visited the port of Livorno
- Israeli mission to get closer to the Italian port system
Yesterday the president of the Port of Livorno, Giuliano Gallanti, has met a delegation from the Israel Ports Development & Assets Company (IPC), the company that coordinates and manages the three ports of Israel (Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat), visiting labronico before leaving the port of La Spezia. The objective of the mission of the delegation is to learn all about the Italian port system and import everything in Jerusalem can help raise an important reform project of the Israeli ports started in 2005 and designed to be completed in 2050.
- Gallanti received Shlomo Breiman and Dov Fröhlinger, respectively managing director and chief operating officer of IPC. Eran Cohen also attended the meeting, in charge at the Israeli Ministry of the Treasury to finance development projects in the field of transport.
- During the meeting - said Gallanti - "we discussed the problems inherent to the Italian ports with particular reference to the tasks and duties of the Port Authority and the law that governs the port work." He also spoke of financial autonomy, dredging, and technical-nautical services.
- "I thank the President and the Port Authority to Gallanti availability - Fröhlinger said - the meeting was very useful and gives us a clearer picture in reference to our port reform plan, which is already in an advanced stage of implementation. "
- Six years ago, based on an initial reform plan, the Israeli Port Authority, previously responsible for the entire port system, has been split into three independent companies Haifa Port Company, Ashdod and Eilat Port Company Port Company, all coordinated by the Israel Ports Development & Assets Company Ltd. In the long-term project is expected to total privatization of the port of Eilat, and the partial - only 15% - of Ashdod and Haifa.
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