Grand Alliance and ZIM to cooperate with Hamburg Sud on ATX service

Zim has been operating on this service with the GA since 2008. Hamburg Sd may provide a vessel to the service at a later stage
 
Grand Alliance (GA) members Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), together with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, will cooperate with Hamburg Sd on the Atlantic Express Service (ATX).
 
The cooperation is aimed at addressing the declining volume in the Transatlantic.
 
Under the agreement Hamburg Sd will initially charter slots in the service for its customers’ containers, but may provide a vessel to the service at a later stage.
 
The cooperation will allow the Grand Alliance and Zim to continue offering their customers the competitive and high quality service they are used to. Zim has been operating on this service with the GA since 2008.
 
The ATX service is currently operated by the Grand Alliance and ZIM. Port rotation will remain the same – Rotterdam/ Hamburg/ Le Havre/ Southampton/ New York/ Norfolk/ Charleston/ Rotterdam. Initially chartering slots, Hamburg Sd may provide a vessel to the service at a later stage.
 
The agreement is still subject to FMC approval which is expected to be received by mid-June.