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ZIM announces two new transpacifici services in the within of the cooperation with the alliance 2M
They will be activated to half of the next month and will connect Asia with the USA Gulf
July 3, 2019
Today the company of Israeli navigation ZIM has announced the next start of two services that will connect Asia with the USA Gulf. Draft of lines that seem to be are programmed with the attempt to overwhelm an empty one in the transpacifici connections that will be determined with the conclusion of the collaboration agreement that alloy the South Korean marine company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) with the shipowning alliance 2M, that it is a Vessel Sharing Agreement constituted from the Danish Maersk Line and Helvetian MSC, understanding that will expire next March in concomitanza with the income of HMM in shipowning consortium THE Alliance(on 1° July 2019).
ZIM in fact has evidenced that the initiative ago represents an ulterior widening of own strategic cooperation with the same companies of the alliance 2M which signed a year(on July 19, 2018 and 10 January 2019). Manifesting satisfaction for the strengthening of the cooperation with 2M on this important route of traffic, than integral the collaboration in existence on the routes between Asia and the coast oriental of the USA, between Asia and the north-western Pacific and between Asia and the Mediterranean, vice-president Pacific Trade of the Israeli company, Nissim Yochai, it has specified that ZIM will operate of the ships in the within of the two new services weeklies magazine.
"This - it has specified the president and managing director of the ZIM, Eli Glickman - will constitute the third phase of the strengthening of the cooperation with the alliance 2M, now which extended to four broken primaries of traffic".
In new service ZGC - ZIM Gulf Central China Xpress will be employed ten portacontainer by 6.500 teu and the spin, that will be started by 18 Ningbo next August, will touch the ports of Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, (channel of Panama hat), Houston, Piece of furniture, Miami, Freeport, (channel of Panama hat), Araijan, Busan.
New service ZGX - ZIM US Gulf South China Xpress, that August from Xiamen will be inaugurated next 16, will be realized with ten ships from 4.500 teu that they will carry out the following spin: Xiamen, Yantian, Busan, (channel of Panama hat), Houston, Piece of furniture, Tampa, Manzanillo, (channel of Panama hat), Balboa, Busan.
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