The 7,000-deadweight-ton Israeli motorship Tappuz, of the Zim Lines, has called at Melbourne to reopen a regular monthly cargo service between Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat and Australia.
The Tappuz is the first Israeli vessel to visit Australia since the Six-Day War last June. Her course took her through the Strait of Tiran, the blockade of which was one of the factors in starting the war. The vessel’s master. Captain Ilan Merson, held a luncheon aboard for Melbourne Jewish community leaders who foresaw an increase in trade between Israel and Australia stemming from regular, reliable shipping services. The Tappuz, built in West Germany in 1955, was one of the first ships handed over to Israel under the reparations agreement between the two countries.
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