Tiran Shipping introduce Iskenderun-Israel-Jordan RO-RO service

2/24/2014 8:48:16 AM

Turkish operator U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş. introduced Israel Haifa line which will be working along with Iskenderun-Damietta voyages. The first stopover to Haifa Terminal commenced with the voyage from Iskenderun departing on 11 January 2014.

As a result of the civil war in Syria, which used to be the main land-bridge between Turkey and the Middle East, this route has gained in strategic and commercial importance.

Israel is hoping that it can market the Haifa-Jordan route not only as a stopgap, but as an economically viable and efficient route that shipping companies will choose regardless of the Syrian conflict.

U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş. owns 12 vessels operating out of Istanbul and other Turkish ports Established in 1994, UN Ro-Ro has become one of the fastest growing freight Ro-Ro operators sailing the Mediterranean.

Unlike most European roll-on, roll-off operators, which specialize in short-sea crossings, U.N. Ro-Ro has developed long-distance Mediterranean routes linking Turkey with Trieste on the Adriatic in northern Italy and the southern French port city of Toulon. The sailings allow truck drivers to bypass the Balkan region, where highways are relatively underdeveloped. Agencies in charge of the newly inaugurated Haifa service are Catoni in Iskenderun and Tiran in Haifa.