Zim deploys 12 container vessels with an average capacity of TEU 4,000 on the service

Yoram Hoffman: the port of Tilbury has modern cold storage facilities which enables Israeli fresh produce exporters to store goods at relatively low cost

Shai Babad: Zim will not agree to any change until it gets the full approval of Zim's strategic customers

The Alliance will provide beginning October six services instead of seven - four to north Europe and two to the Mediterranean

"The upgraded service wil provide Israeli exporters with a direct route between Israeli ports and Northern Europe with a direct call at Rotterdam port"

The company will use the port of Felixstowe instead of Le Havre as transshipment hub for north European ports

The new service optimises the existing networks and deploys 4 vessels of each 2.200 TEU, the service will begin January 2009

The service is a weekly service deploying nine TEU 4,083 - TEU 4250 vessels. The last EWX voyage is Zim Genova departing Shanghai on Oct. 4th