ZIM launches new Asia-Pacific NW service structure

ZIM announces that as of mid-May the company will launch a new service structure between Asia and the West Coast of North America, in cooperation with the G6 alliance, offering top-level, fast and reliable services, with improved transit time and extended port coverage, the company said in its press release.
 
The new structure is composed of three weekly 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
 
The new structures offer customers an array new and significant advantages. With the additional third loop ZIM now offers better frequency and port coverage. 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.