IMEC - Nextbay

The town sits outside the Port of Haifa and argues its strategic location, diverse population, and active business sector can bring additional value to the project

In Israel's north, a 7.5 mile gap in the railway is all that stands between Beit She'an and its ancient role as a crossroads between India and Europe

'Once IMEC is realized, there is no doubt that we will become a very strategic city, everything will pass through it and it will actually be a very important and dominant transit point in our region'

NexBay Ambassador Frank Melloul says, following October 7 and the war against Iran, the India-Middle East-Europe trade corridor (IMEC) is "no more a hope. It's a necessity"

As the IMEC corridor reshapes global trade, an unprecedented alliance of mayors from Haifa to the Jordan border is betting the north won't be left behind again

"The Haifa Bay region is destined to become one of the strategic hubs of the IMEC corridor, representing one of the most ambitious economic projects of our time."

Gulf countries explore new oil export routes that could include a land corridor to the Mediterranean through Israel’s port of Haifa, to reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, Financial Times reports