ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has announced that it will be cooperating with the G6 alliance (APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine -HMM, Mitsui OSK Lines - MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha - NYK and Orient Overseas Container Line - OOCL) on its Asia to North American West Coast services from the middle of May.
The expanded new service offering from the Israeli shipping line will include a third loop covering more ports, more frequencies from the US and Canada ports to Asia. The new structure is composed of three weekly North Pacific loops, NP1, NP2 and NP3.
Hereunder are the new loops rotations:
- North Pacific 1 (NP1): Singapore - Laem Chabang - Da Chan Bay - Hong Kong – Yantian – Vancouver – Tacoma – Seattle – Pusan - Kaohsiung
- North Pacific 2 (NP2): Hong Kong – Yantian –Kaohsiung – Shanghai – Pusan – Tacoma – Seattle – Vancouver – Yokohama – Pusan - Kwangyang
- North Pacific 3 (NP3): Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Vancouver – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Nagoya - Kobe
ZIM noted that the new sailing structures offer customers an array of new and significant advantages. Customers will benefit from first-rate services connecting South & North China and Korea and Pacific North West.
Two gateways, Vancouver & Tacoma, with smooth and fast rail connection, allows for a best-in-market PNW product to inland US destinations.
