Hundreds of U.S. Send Amunisi Ton to Israel

The United States are seeking to hire boats to send hundreds of tons of weapons from Israel to Greece at the end of this month. Reuters has not been reported so this time of the tender document.

Komando AL U.S. Military Transport (MSC) said, the ship will be sought to bring 325 standard 20 foot containers with cargo ammunition.

Cargo will be carried through two separate trips from the Port of Astakos to the Greek port of Ashdod Israel between mid-and late January.

Hazardous materials in accordance manifes is explosive and detonator, but no other details. "Delivery of an 3,000-ton ammunition at a time is a big thing," said one broker who requested his name not mentioned.

"This (demand) is quite rare and we have many years did not receive any order of this," he said.

Department of Defense that the United States contacted by Reuters on Friday in Washington can not give a response.

MSC with its own fleet of transport vehicles ply duty steel and military supplies for U.S. troops, but they usually rent a boat if trade logistics are required.

Tender is followed renting a ship in December that brought more military cargo from the United States to Israel. Shipping is done by the air attacks to Gaza Strip.

Ships dicarter during the 42 days that is able to carry 989 standard 20 foot container of Sunny Point, North Carolina, to the port of Ashdod.

The tender document says the ship must be able to carry 2.6 million kg of explosive materials and the broker said that the amount is very large. Dicarter ships that carry cargo on 15 December.

Shipping broker in London specializing in the field of transportation to move the weapons for the UK and the U.S. military, said charter boat to Israel as it is rare.

A senior military analyst in London who have not mentioned the name of that may be something that is "not normal" and related to the Gaza attacks.

In September last year, the United States Congress to approve the sale of 1,000 bunker rudal not to Israel. Rudal GBU-39 guided by a GPS-called one of the most accurate bombs in the world.

Jerusalem Post quoted a source Israel defense officials last week reported that the first shipment arrived rudal in early December and Rudal was used to destroy places of the Hamas rocket launching is under the ground.

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Source: Ant