Israel’s Minister of Communications, Moshe Carmel. flew to Elath today to study arrangements for the transshipment of goods from Europe to Africa via vie Israeli outlet on the Red Sea. The proposed arrangement, which envisages transshipment of freight by rail and road from Haifa to Elath and reloading on ocean freighters bound for African ports, offers substantial savings for a limited number of European shippers.
At present the Israelis use the route in reverse: African goods are brought to Elath via the Red Sea and the Gulf of Akaba and is either used in Israel or transshiped to Europe after the overland journey to Haifa. The savings over the Cape of Good Hope route around Africa is estimated at one month of what is now a two-month journey and at least 25 percent in cost. When the railroad is extended past Beersheba to Elath the cost will decrease still further.
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