ZIM announces, that as of the second week of July 2015 its East Med-North Europe services will be split into two standalone strings , which will offer the following :
North Europe – Israel – North Europe dedicated service with improved transit time to/from North Europe to both Ashdod and Haifa
North Europe - East Med - North Europe dedicated service which will cover with improved transit time the ports of Alexandria & Mersin
The Israel dedicated service will be supported by ZIM feeding network in the East Med, allowing fast transshipment from ZIM Hub at Haifa to all Black Sea, Marmara ports & Greek ports
Feeding network to all the main Baltic and Scandinavian countries, with emphasis on Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Mersin will be served directly from/to North Europe
In addition to these two services, ZIM’s popular North Europe Service 2 (NE2) continues to operate with no changes.