Zim receives 4,250-TEU ship

Israeli ocean carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. on July 6 took delivery of a 4,250-TEU vessel at Samsung Heavy Industries Koje shipyard in Korea.

The Zim Rio Grande is the first of a series of eight similar long-term chartered new vessels that will be delivered to the Haifa-based carrier between now and June 2009.

The new ship has now been deployed on Zim's weekly Asia/Europe East-West Express Service (EWX), joining the service in Shanghai on July 8. Zim said the EWX now operates with nine 4,250-TEU vessels on a rotation of Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shekou, Port Kelang, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Southampton, Le Havre and Shanghai.  

Source: American Shipper