Mano Maritime (
Hebrew
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: מנו ספנות, ''Mano Sapanut'') is a shipping company founded by
Moshe Mano and is a subsidiary of the Mano Holdings Group. It operates cargo ships, passenger ships and undertakes other maritime services. The company was ranked in
Dun
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Etymology
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’s top companies in
Israel
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: number 5 in the transportation services
and number 31 in the services companies.
The company also includes in BDI Code of leading companies in Israel: number 36 in the services companies,
number 8 in the transportations companies.
and number 187 in the general list
Mano is the owner, chairman, and president of the company.
History
In the 1930s, Moshe’s father,
Mordechai Mano (born in
Thessaloniki
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,
Greece
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),
immigrated to Israel with his family. His son, Moshe Mano was born in 1955 in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropoli ...
and received education in the field of shipping. In his thirties, he established a shipping company, named Mano Maritime which became an independent company, active both in cruise and cargo shipping. Over the years the company diversified its activities as part of the Mano Holdings Group and has interests in other areas including
real estate
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,
hotels
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and technology.
Cargo Ships and Fleet
Mano Maritime is involved in various fields of the shipping business as owner, operator, and manager of cargo ships. It also offers services in international maritime transport and serves as representative and general agent in Israel for the
Japan
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ese shipping company
"K" Line and Neptune Line shipping company. Furthermore, it acts as the local
agent
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Espionage, investigation, and law
*, spies or intelligence officers
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for various shipping lines based in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
,
Russia
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,
Ukraine,
Greece
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, and
Germany. Mano Maritime also transports coal to the
Israel Electric Corporation
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’s power plants in Israel.
Mano Maritime owns 50% of the shares of Crown Shipping, the remaining 50% are owned by the Borchard family of England. Crown Shipping is the representative and general agent in Israel of
Ocean Network Express
Ocean Network Express Holdings, Ltd. (ONE) is a Japanese container transportation and shipping company jointly owned by the Japanese shipping Lines Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and K Line. Launched in 2017 as a joint venture, ONE i ...
Corporation- “ONE”.
Cruise Ship
has been managed by the company since 2018.
[Cruise Liners – Mano Cruises Crown Iris]
Malta Ship News
During the cruise season in Israel, which usually lasts from March through November, the ship cruises along the coasts of the
Mediterranean
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, the
Black Sea and to various destinations in
Europe.
Current fleet
Former ship
See also
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Transportation in Israel
Transportation in Israel is based mainly on private motor vehicles and bus service and an expanding railway network. A lack of inland waterways and the small size of the country make air and water transport of only minor importance in domestic tra ...
References
External links
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Mano Holdings
Cruise lines
Shipping companies of Israel
Travel and holiday companies of Israel