The Zim liner, the SS Israel, damaged in a collision in New York harbor on October 29, will sail for Haifa tomorrow with 200 passengers and resume regular transatlantic service after having missed one round trip.
Repairs on the 10,000-ton cargo-passenger liner were completed last week. Gottlieb Hammer, president of the American-Israel Shipping Company, representative here of the Zim Lines, said today that the SS Israel passed inspection this week and will alternate tri-weekly sailings for Haifa with her sister ship the Zion. He lauded Captain Jacob Por for his exemplary conduct during and after the collision and for maintaining the “best tradition of the sea.”
Mr. Hammer also announced plans for doubling the 1960-61 Caribbean cruise schedule after a new 6,500 ton liner, to be built in France, is added to the Mediterranean service.
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