Debt to the enoat port to close Sunday

Eilat ports near Sunday after municipalities get the municipality in its bank accounts without paying municipal taxes, which is estimated by NIS 600,000 per month. The port has not yet been fully moved since the bump of war and threat of hout shipping attack with the red sea.

Daring port is an eruption of the Navy of Israel, using its facilities from the start of the war and also affect Europe Asia Pipeline Co. (EAPC), and exports to Potash’s sea of ICL

At first the port of Eilat refuses to reports on its nearly closing, insulting to reach the municipal settlement and says it collaborates with the mayor. But a letter from the National Emergency Authority obtained by Globes proves details. The letter says, “Following the port closing to Eilat for the continuing operation and the main part of the cliffs of the cliffs of section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section section of section section of section section of section section of section section of section section

It increases that its importance is: stop all the port activity; slandering the trunks of the port and vessels; Stop the assistance of Israel Navy in red sea theater; stopping potash export from ICL plants; Stopping aid at EAPC port; It also said, “If the situation continues, a reduced port equipment and long-term maintenance of functionality expected by cranes, electrical systems, and so on.”

Emergency meeting

The report was also forwarded to the Ministry of Transport, Whose Director General Moshe Ben Zaken has told “globes” that he has called an emergency meeting on the subject, with the participation of government ministries, and the port, in order to avert the planned closure.

The NASDS brothers bought Eilat Port to operate in 15 years in 2012, with an option to expand in 10 years, for NIS 120 million. Nadash siblings are the only bidders at the end of the tender process with industry sources that they have to pay a small profit with hundreds of millions of cycles to do.

At the beginning of the war, the port specializing in imported cars, with 50% of the cars that Israel brought to be discovered there. In addition, a line of EAPC for carrying crude oil and export to fertilizers and minerals that also operate in the port area. According to the data revealed by the discussions of the economic committee, the port owners have left a dividend in NIS 162 Millio in four years in the first war.

Compensation and aid plan In June, the Cabinet voted a compensation plan for the Eilat Port, which was to be given to the NIS ports, paying the participation fees from the start of war, NIS 3 million.

The government initially met the demands of the port with doubt, given the past profit to its owners and in mind that the security risk of operating its owners at the time of purchase. However, the port is tied to collective agreements and restrictions on its workers, with the fact that beneficial unloading of cars is cut by 100%.

In 2023, the port revenue was NIS 212 million while at 2024, when the re re red trade route is closed, the revenue fell 80% of NIS 42 million. In 2023, more than 134 ships visited the port, and 150,000 vehicles were discovered. In 2024, no vehicles were discovered, and 16 ships visited the port. In the first half of 2025, 6 ships visited the port.

Previously, the port was given help as part of the business plan for the entire economy for salaries in the years of 2024.

The government is critical to non-paying the port of the municipality, due to the help that has already been given, and as its owners programmed for a decade to their pockets “in difficult times.

But even if the port is private, it is also a state strategic fluency, and is doubtful if the efforts are made so far that it opens.

Published in Globes, Israel News in News – en.globes.co.il – On July 16, 2025.

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