ZIM is pleased to announce that starting mid-September ZIM's flagship ZCP Service will add the port of Qingdao to its rotation.

The new rotation will be Savannah " Norfolk " New York " Halifax " Kingston "Los Angeles " Oakland - Vostochnyy - Qingdao " Ningbo "Shanghai " Pusan " Balboa -- Kingston " Savannah

The new call facilitates an exclusive direct call from Qingdao to Halifax, and offers one of the best services in the market from US West and East Coast and the Caribbean to Qingdao. The new call provides an optimal solution to the developing Reefer trade from Qingdao to all destinations, with ZIM's advanced Reefer fleet. ZCP offers the best in the market transit time to Savannah, 30 days.

Rafael Ben Ari, ZIM VP Shipping: ZCP is a premium service, already offering one of the best transit times in the market to US and Caribbean ports with smooth connections to the US Gulf, and the new call is an additional upgrade responding to market developments.