A new 22,000-ton freighter built for the Zim Israel Navigation Company in Haifa, was launched today at the Deutsche Werft shipyards here. The vessel was named Timna by Mrs. Miriam Barkat, wife of the Israeli Ambassador in Oslo. The Timna was the fourth ship built for the Zim lines under the West German-Israel reparations agreement. The others, launched during recent months were the Eilat, the Massada and the Ein Gedi.
A smaller vessel, Israel’s first “banana boat,” was launched at the same shipyard for the Israeli El-Yam shipping lines. The 5,600-ton vessel, named the Har Ramon, has special facilities for the transport of bananas, a major Israeli export item.
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