ZIM will launch its upgraded trans-Pacific network in April 2017, featuring a new connection between Asia and the Pacific Northwest.

The new ZIM North Pacific service will have a port rotation of: Port Kelang – Cai Mep – Da Chan Bay – Yantian – Xiamen – Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Vancouver – Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Da Chan Bay – Port Kelang.

ZIM’s two existing trans-Pacific services will also be revised.

The ZIM Container Service Pacific will have a port rotation of: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Rodman – Panama Canal – Kingston – Savannah – Norfolk – New York – Halifax – Kingston – Qingdao.

The ZIM Seven Star service will have a rotation of: Da Chan Bay – Yantian – Cai Mep – Port Kelang – Colombo – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Port Kelang – Da Chan Bay.

“The upgraded structure allows ZIM a broad operational and commercial flexibility to comply with our customers’ needs, and enables a fast response to changing market needs,” said Nissim Yochai, vice president of trans-Pacific trade. “ZIM’s outstanding record of schedule reliability and ongoing focus on customer service will be further enhanced in the framework of this improved structure.”