Is there a transportation business in Israel to compete with the Suez Canal?
Do Israelis operate an overland transport route from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean overland??
I am sorry, but I have never thought about this until this Egyptian Trouble started to happen...
Very curious. are there good roads in that area between the Red Sea / not Suez / EAST of the Sinai Peninsula?
If the Suez cannal is blocked we can and will use the Port of Eilat. Yes we do operate a tranport route from Eilat port going on north..
Eilat is an important city. It is strategically set as a gateway to the Indian and pacific oceans. Every great world power had a gateway to both eastern and western hemispheres. Israel has the Mediterranean coast as a gateway to the Atlantic and the Eilat shores to the Far East. When King Solomon was at the height of his Kingdom and Israel a world power, from these southern shores he sent out Ships to bring back gold from Ophir. Today the port of Eilat sends and receives millions of tons of goods. In fact merchants from the Far East are using it as an overland bypass rout to the Mediterranean Sea via the Port of Ashdod. It is cheaper then paying the fees having to pass through the Suez Canal. The government is also building a rail line that will reach Eilat and increase its capacity for this on a high-speed train. The Port of Eilat is not a third world port but it is the most up to date, state of the art facility. Also its cranes are highly sophisticated and the methods for container storage are world class and the port equipment is the most advanced.
http://www.torahalive.com/eilat_.htm
Saying that..... Israel’s Transportation Ministry finally is proceeding with plans to build an estimated $700-million high-speed railway to the southern port of Eilat, The ministry now seeks expressions of contractor interest in the project.
( part 2 of 2 ) South Sinai, Red Sea - Diving 2007
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