This city’s three year-old port has been seriously affected by Mediterranean shipping restrictions and by the fact that Haifa has been declared a control port where all merchant ships must call in order to have their cargos checked.
Since shipment from Haifa to Tel Aviv involves additional cost, many importers have decided to have their goods unloaded at Haifa instead of at Tel Aviv. A special committee has been formed here to try to induce importers to use the Tel Aviv port, and thus help to reduce unemployment. Dr. S.A. van Vriesland, director of the port, at a press conference, stressed the urgency of action to revive port activities.
At the same time, representatives of Jewish and Arab citrus exporters met under a British chairman to consider measures to facilitate export of the crop. The Bnei Benjamin Bank, founded ten years ago by citrus growers, has closed. The management circularized clients accusing Jewish social and financial institutions of refusing support.
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