Zim splits Pacific leg ZCS service into two separate loops

ISRAEL's Zim Integrated Shipping Services has split the transpacific ZCS service into two separate transatlantic and transpacific services dropping some ports to shorten transit times.


The ZCS Pacific (ZCP) will operate with nine 5,000-TEU vessels in a rotation of Savannah, New York, Halifax, Kingston, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Balboa, Kingston and Savannah.


The ZCS Atlantic (ZCA) will use six ships averaging 4,000 TEU with a rotation of Haifa, Piraeus, Genoa, Tarragona, New York, Savannah, Kingston, Tarragona and Haifa.


The first ship to call at New York in the new ZCA rotation will be the Zim Qingdao on August 7.


Zim operates all 15 ships. Cosco, China Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd are slot charterers on the transatlantic string, and China Shipping charters space on the transpacific string.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)