ZIM Container Service Pacific (ZCP) to add a Qingdao call

ZIM’s flagship ZCP Service will start making calls at the port of Qingdao as of mid-September, the shipping company said in a press release.
 
The new rotation will be as follows:
Savannah – Norfolk – New York – Halifax – Kingston –Los Angeles – Oakland  - Vostochnyy - Qingdao – Ningbo –Shanghai – Pusan – Balboa -- Kingston – Savannah

The new call facilitates an exclusive direct call from Qingdao to Halifax, and offers one of the best services in the market from US West and East Coast and the Caribbean to Qingdao. The new call provides an optimal solution to the developing Reefer trade from Qingdao to all destinations, with ZIM’s advanced Reefer fleet. ZCP offers the best in the market transit time to Savannah, 30 days.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Ltd was established in 1945, and has developed into one of the largest, leading carriers in the global container shipping industry. ZIM’s fleet comprises over 100 modern vessels, including mega-vessels of 8,000 and 10,000 TEUs, with a total carrying capacity of over 337,000 TEU. ZIM operates approximately 358,806 containers (582,000 TEU), of which 34,250 are special equipment containers. The average age of containers does not exceed five years.