Turkiet säljer till Arabvärlden via Haifa

Jag skrev om detta för åratal sedan. Turkiets handel med arabvärlden går, sedan Syrien  blev olämpligt att passera, med lastbilsfärjor till Haifa för att sedan köra vidare till Jordanien och övriga arabvärlden. Jag såg några färska artiklar om detta så kopplar början av några artiklar här, klicka länken för att läsa visdare. Många tycks inte vara medvetna om detta samarbete.



http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/01/us-israel-trade-insight-idUSKBN0F63DF20140701

The hydraulic ramp of a Turkish freighter taps down on the eastern Mediterranean port of Haifa and, under a full moon, 37 trucks roll off onto an otherwise empty pier.

In a convoy that stretches hundreds of meters, the trucks travel east across northern Israel, bringing goods from Europe to customers in Jordan and beyond.

Until three years ago the cargo these trucks carry – fruits, cheese, raw material for the textile industry, spare parts, and second-hand trucks – would have come through Syria. But civil war has made that journey too perilous.

"Too much problems, too much guns, too much fighting," said Ismail Hamad, a 58-year-old Romanian driver. Hamad has driven through Syria for three decades, he said; now, only Israel.

http://www.transportjournal.com/en/home/regional-focus/artikeldetail/cargo-flows-in-the-middle-east-the-crisis-as-an-opportunity.html

Cargo flows in the Middle East – The crisis as an opportunity

Israel is increasingly receiving shipments from Turkey destined for Jordan. The port of Haifa, in particular, is benefitting from this development. The government wants to encourage this trend, and the privatisation of its former state-operated ports is also expected to lead to further growth in this regard. In Haifa, a precedent has already been set.

The political developments in the Middle East are naturally also leading to changes in the flow of goods within the region. In the case of Israel, this is also creating new potential (see also page 21) – opportunities which its government knows how to exploit. Together with companies in the transport and commercial sectors, it is pursuing its vision of establishing the country as a new Middle Eastern hub for transport operations.

http://www.themedialine.org/featured/business-is-business-and-moses-is-moses-2/

Haifa, Israel – The captain peered over the side of the Turkish-flagged ship at his cargo of long metal rods that have come from Turkey and are headed to an unspecified Middle East country. The crew piled into a van at the Israel Shipyards, bound for the duty-free shop at the nearby Haifa port. On a recent afternoon, ships from all over the world were docked at this Mediterranean port, carrying goods bound for Jordan, Iraq and Syria.

The Middle East has radically changed in almost every way possible since the beginning of the “Arab spring” revolutions in 2011. In Syria, the main port of Latakia in northwest Syria has been shut down completely, meaning the goods that used to come from Turkey, Ukraine, and other countries to Syria, and then be transferred to trucks for delivery in Jordan and Iraq, need a new way to travel.

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/05/can-commerce-and-cooperation-kill-conflict-in-the-middle-east/

The Arab world and its neighbors are stuck in a violence trap. The fighting in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, together with the predations of groups like the Islamic State, is destroying the economic links needed to ensure long-term political stability. Indeed, by redrawing the region’s economic boundaries, the latest wave of violence has brought about a veritable trade shock, the true scale and significance of which has largely gone unnoticed.

†Turkiet  †mediakritik  †Israel. .........