Zim to call at the US port of Mobile, Alabama

Zim vessels are expected to begin calling on Oct. 5 and will provide a fixed day, weekly service. The Zim Caribe, the Zim Mexico, and the Zim Houston will service this route
 
Zim-American Israeli Shipping Company Inc., the general agent for Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. announced last week its plans to place new carrier service into Mobile, Alabama.
 
Zim vessels are expected to begin calling on Oct. 5 and will provide a fixed day, weekly service into Mobile, Alabama. 
 
Alabama State Port Authority Director & CEO James K. Lyons said, "Zim Lines will provide shippers with world class container service from Mobile to North and South Asian ports, the Mediterranean, South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean. Weenthusiastically welcome Zim Lines and look forward to their success at the Port of Mobile." 
 
Todd Jones, the Port Authority's Manager for Carrier Marketing, added, "Zim will provide importers and exporters in Alabama, as well as the Port's eighteen statehinterland, an opportunity to ship containers efficiently and cost effectively to and from a multitude of new destinations. Zim will contribute greatly to our container growth at both Pier 2 and the Authority's future Choctaw Point Terminal."
 
Zim Lines has tentatively scheduled an October 5th, inaugural voyage of the Zim Caribe Voyage 91 from Kingston, Jamaica.  The route is as follows:  Kingston – Tampa – Mobile – New Orleans – Houston – Kingston. 
 
The Zim Caribe, the Zim Mexico, and the Zim Houston will service this route. These three sister vessels are capable of carrying up to TEU 1150 (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit). The Port Authority expects the Zim Caribe to arrive at Mobile for her inaugural call on or about October 10th.