Zim adds the Russian Port of Vostochny to transcontinental service

Zim Integrated Shipping Serviceshas added a call at the Russian port of Vostochniy to its westbound leg of its ZCS service. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company is the largest container terminal in the Russian Far East
 
Zim Integrated Shipping Serviceshas added a call at the Russian port of Vostochniy to its westbound leg of its ZCS service. The ZCS is currently Zim’s pendulum service connecting Europe, the U.S. west and east coasts, and the Far East.
 
The service has a current rotation of Haifa, Piraeus, Livorno, Genoa, Tarragona, Halifax, New York/New Jersey, Savannah, Kingston, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Da Chan Bay, Hong Kong, Balboa, Kingston, Savannah, New York/New Jersey, Halifax, Tarrangona, and Haifa.
 
The service is currently operated with 15 Zim vessels, with an average capacity of TEU 4,756.
In a statement issued by the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC, part of Global Ports Investments) LLC the company noted that VSC’s container terminal completed last week the handling of the first-ever Panamax-class ultra-large container ship in the Port of Vostochny’s history. 
 
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company is the largest container terminal in the Russian Far East, operating at Vostochny Port. The company’s major stockholders are Global Ports Group (75%) and port operator DPW (25%).
 
The Pearl River 1 vessel with a capacity of 4,250 TEU is the largest container ship ever to visit the Russian Far East. Pearl River 1 arrived in port Vostochny from Oakland’s port (USA) on 5 June 2011. The ship’s tonnage is TEU 4,250 (deadweight 50,689 tonnes) and its length reaches 260.6 meters.
 
The company’s next ship to enter VSC’s terminal, Zim Panama. Zim have scheduled four other ships’ entries for July.