ZIM to Realign Asia-Europe Service

31 May 2013

ZIM is pleased to announce the realignment of its Asia-Europe Express Service (AEX1). The Service, deploying 9 ships of 8,500 to 10,000 TEU’s and operated jointly with CSCL , offers coverage of major Asian and North European ports with superior transit time.

As from mid-June, AEX1 revised rotation will add the port of Antwerp and Nansha, and will be as follows:

Shanghai – Ningbo-Yantian- Felixstowe – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Antwerp- Nansha – Shanghai

The first sailings under the new alignment is MV Xin Ya Zhou 78W planned to sail from Shanghai on June 12. ZIM will deploy 3X10.000 Teu ships, the ZIM Antwerp, ZIM Rotterdam and Tianjin in this route.

Rafi Ben-ARI, ZIM VP Shipping, said: “AEX1 is a premium service, offering customers optimal solution and best-in-the-market transit times in this major trade.”

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services press release