Port of Haifa
| Port of Haifa נמל חיפה ميناء حيفا | |
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 The Port of Haifa | |
Interactive map of Port of Haifa נמל חיפה ميناء حيفا | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Location | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°49′12″N 35°00′16″E / 32.820118°N 35.00448°E |
| UN/LOCODE | ILHFA |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1933 |
| Operated by | Haifa Port Company, Ltd. |
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| Water Depth | Channel 36 - 40 feet (11 - 12.2 meters), Cargo Pier 11 - 15 feet (3.4 - 4.6 meters), Oil Terminal 31 - 35 feet (9.4 - 10 meters) |
| Anchorage | 36 - 40 feet (11 - 12.2 meters) |
| Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 29.53 million tons (2018) |
Annual container volume | 1.46 million TEU (2018) |
| Passenger traffic | 140,054 (2017) |
| Website haifaport.co.il | |
The Port of Haifa (Hebrew: נָמֵל חֵיפָה, romanized: Nāmēl Ḥēyfāh; Arabic: حَيْفَا مِينَة, romanized: Mīnāʿ Ḥayfā) is the largest of Israel's three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. Its natural deep-water harbor operates all year long and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and handles about 30 million tons of cargo per year (not including Israel Shipyards' port). The port employs over 1,000 people, rising to 5,000 when cruise ships dock in Haifa. The Port of Haifa lies north of Haifa's downtown quarter on the Mediterranean and stretches to some three kilometres along the city's central shore with activities ranging from military, industrial, and commercial next to a nowadays-smaller passenger cruising facility and Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport.