Zim/GSL's Thailand Fremantle Express (TFX) service will be extended with 3 new port calls added at Nansha, Yantian and Brisbane. The revised TFX will call Port Klang, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Nansha, Yantian, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Fremantle, Port Klang from April 2023 with the first call at Yantian made on 3 April with the 2,554 teu ALS VESTA. The TFX was first launched at the end of December 2022 and originally deployed 5 ships of 1,700-2,700 teu on a 6 week rotation. The extend
Zim is shifting out 6 Bangkok-max ship from its intra-Asia and Australia services for redeployment in the North America-South America ZIM Colibri XPress service. All 6 ships are being repositioned from Asia/Australia to South America and will begin their new employment at San Antonio in Chile. The ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) service connecting San Antonio, Callao, Guayaquil, Cartagena, Kingston, Philadelphia, Miami, Kingston, Buenaventura, Guayaqui, Callao, San Antonio The 6 ships are as follows:
ZIM will launch the Patagonia Express Service (PES) that connects the US Gulf with Argentina and Brazil. The new service will call at Houston, Ushuaia, Rio De Janeiro, Houston with the 1,118 teu PACIFIC TRADER that will phase in at Houston on 14 April 2023. The service will turn in 49-51 days on an irregular frequency.
Zim/GSL will add new calls at Busan and Kaohsiung on its China Australia Express (CAX) service. From 18 April 2023, the CAX service will call at Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. The revised rotation will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy up to 6 ships of 4,250 teu. The CAX service was first launched in October 2020 and intially called at Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Ningbo using 6 ships of 2,500 teu with a Haiphong northbound cal
ZIM has reported a sharp drop in net profits in the 4th quarter of 2022, down 64% QoQ and 76% YoY. Zim’s earnings decline is larger than its peers with its 4Q 2022 EBIT margin the lowest amongst the main carriers that have reported their results so far, apart from intra-regional carriers. ZIM guided $100m- $500m EBIT for 2023 which remains in the high end relative to the company’s pre-2020 EBIT performance. Over the 10 year period from 2009 to 2019, ZIM recorded cumulative EBIT losses totallin
Zim launches Caribbean Gulf Express (CGX) that will rotate through Kingston, Houston, Mobile, Kingston with two vessels on 14-day round trip. 1,100 teu CONTSHIP DON will phase in on 14 April at Houston while 1,496 teu WARNOW MASTER will phase in on 15 April at Kingston. Until recently, both vessels have been deployed in ZIM's Intra-East Mediterranean. They will both take a single voyage in ZIM's ZIM Container Service Atlantic to be positioned to the US East Coast before joining CGX.
Zim has withdrawn the ZIM eCommerce Xpress (ZEX) service with the last sailing by the 4,253 teu ALEXANDER BAY that will complete its current voyage at Busan on 30 March 2023. The ZEX was launched in June 2020 to cater for the increased demand on the transpacific following the COVID-19 crisis and was originally designed to call only at Yantian, Dachan Bay, Los Angeles on a 35 day round trip using 5 ships of 4,250 teu. The ZEX marked the return of Zim to the Pacific Southwest after making an ex
The launch of the new ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) service connecting San Antonio, Callao, Guayaquil, Cartagena, Kingston, Philadelphia, Miami, Kingston, Buenaventura, Guayaqui, Callao, San Antonio has been delayed from March to April. The first sailing is scheduled to depart from San Antonio on 7 April 2023 with the 1,732 EM SPETSES. The ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) is named after the South American Colibri hummingbird and will deploy 6 ships of 1,700 teu. The other ships to be deployed will be the H
Zim will introduce a new ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) service connecting San Antonio, Callao, Guayaquil, Cartagena, Kingston, Philadelphia, Miami, Kingston, Buenaventura, Guayaqui, Callao, San Antonio. The ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) is named after the South American Colibri hummingbird and is scheduled to start in March 2023 deploying 6 ships of 1,600-1,900 teu that will be chartered by Zim. Apart from offering direct connecting between South America West Coast and US East Coast service. the ZCX wi
Zim will add a new calls at Jakarta, Laem Chabang and Haiphong on its ZIM Xpress Baltimore (ZXB) service connecting Southeast Asia and South China to the US East Coast. It will also add a new call at Kingston to provide additional relay options to ZIM’s Latin America regional network and an additional direct call at Norfolk. The revised ZXB will call at Jakarta, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Panama Canal, Kingston, Baltimore, Norfolk, New York, Boston, Suez Canal, Jakart