International shipping lines were warned here today by N. Widra, president of the Israel Chamber of Shipping, that indifference to Egypt’s blockade of the Suez Canal against Israel might interfere with shippers of other nations.
Many shipping lines, he said, have “yielded to the Arab boycott against Israel,” by not permitting their ships to call at Israeli ports, but these same shippers may learn that the weapon of boycott might be turned by Egypt against them.
Mr. Widra stated that Israel’s merchant fleet now consists of 33 most modern ships, while 36 other ships are under construction or in the planning stage.
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