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The cargo terminals are subdivided into two main categories – terminals owned by the Railways and privately owned terminals.

 
 
Terminals owned by the Railways 
 


Hadera West terminal
The Hadera West terminal has a track junction which is operated by Israel Railways. The terminal is designed to meet any kind of requirement.          
Its goal is offering transportation solutions for imported and exported containers in the different fields, open storage and transportation of sand and waste.

Bnei Brak terminal
The Bnei Brak terminal has a track junction which is operated by Israel Railways. The terminal is designed to meet any kind of requirement.
Its goal is offering transportation solutions for imported and exported containers in the different fields, open storage and transportation of sand and waste.

Ramat Hovav terminal
The Ramat Hovav terminal was built in 2004. Its goal is storage and transportation of hazardous materials, as well as general materials.  
The terminal provides a solution to the large factories in the area – “Bromine” and “Makhteshim”, which took part in the financing of the construction of the terminal, due to the need to have a cargo terminal for the materials manufactured by their companies. In addition, the terminal provides a service and a response to the transportation of standard containers to all the factories in the industrial zones of the Negev in general and the city of Beer-Sheva in particular.

Kishon terminal (in the upcoming 5-year plan)
Israel Railways is at the completion stages of the design of a cargo terminal at the site of the railway workshops in the rear area of the Haifa port in the Kishon, on an area of about 5 hectares. The terminal is designed to offer a solution for clients who wish to transport and store cargo (import-export) both in the Haifa port and in the Ashdod port.
The track connection between the terminals will allow the volumes of transportation to be increased at low cost. The construction and completion of the terminal is expected within 5 years.

 

Privately owned terminals 
 


Ashdod
port
There are 3 private terminals in the Ashdod port which have a track junction with the railway tracks. The terminals are: 

Overseas terminal.
Conterm terminal.
Marine containers terminal.

Tsefa terminal
Tsefa terminal is owned by Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL). The railways transport from the Tsefa terminal products of ICL and other exported/imported products.

ICL fertilizers Haifa terminal
The ICL terminal is privately-owned. The railways transports to and from this terminal imported and exported containers, the terminal has local storage solutions.