Zim revamps Pacific leg of ZCS service to focus on north east Asia

Time:2011-04-13 Browse:42 Author:RISINGSUN

ISRAEL`s Zim Integrated Shipping Services has restructured the transpacific all water leg of its ZCS service to dedicate the loop to the north east Asia trade, starting from May.

"The South China service is enhanced, together with our partners the Grand Alliance and Hyundai, with the SCE and SCE2," a statement from the carrier said.


The revised port rotation for the ZCS service is: Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Balboa, Panama Canal, Kingston, Savannah, New York, Halifax, Tarragona, Haifa, Piraeus, Genoa, Livorno, Tarragona, Halifax, New York, Savannah, Kingston, Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ningbo.


The new rotation is scheduled to commence on May 20 with the first sailing departing from Ningbo. It also said the SCE2 and SCE becomes effective from May 12 and 13, respectively.


The port rotation for the SCE is: Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong, Panama Canal, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami, Panama Canal returning to Kaohsiung.


The port rotation of the SCE2 is: Busan, Shanghai-Yangshan, Xiamen, Shenzhen-Da Chan Bay, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Panama Canal, Manzanillo, Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, Kingston, Manzanillo, Panama Canal and back to Busan.


The shipping line said the realignment of ZCS is part an effort to meet customers` needs. "We are confident that this change, along with the new services recently introduced by Zim, will optimise and enhance our global network," it said.