Israel’s shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) plans to launch an additional service on its Asia-Pacific North West trade route, China Express Northwest Service (CEN), starting from October 25, 2016.
The new service has the following rotation: Xingang, Qingdao, Shanghai (China), Prince Rupert (Canada), Xingang.
According to the company, the CEN service will join ZIM’s network serving the Asia-Pacific North West trade, which includes the Pacific North Express Service 1 (NP1) and the Pacific North Express Service 3 (NP3).
“ZIM is proud to add Prince Rupert to its portfolio of services in The Pacific North West,” Nissim Yochai, ZIM VP Trans-Pacific Trade, said.
ZIM owns and operates a fleet of 13 vessels, including 12 container ships and one offshore supply vessel (OSV), according to data provided by VesselsValue.