ZIM Customers will benefit from fast transit time and improved port rotation
Starting September, ZIM India-Med Express Line (IMX) will have a new rotation, with significantly faster transit time, making the fastest on the trade.
ZIM will introduce changes to IMX service, as follows: the line will operate 5 vessels, and the round-trip will be shortened to 35 days. The new rotation will commence in Colombo, Sri-Lanka, followed by Nhava-Sheva and Mundra, followed by East Mediterranean ports. Transit time to East Med ports will be reduced significantly, in some ports by a week to 10 days.
Rani Ben-Yehuda, ZIM’s EVP Cross Suez and Atlantic BU, said: “ZIM now offers the fastest and most reliable service between the Indian sub-continent and the Eastern Mediterranean. We continue to upgrade and improve our services, as part of ZIM vision and our customer-oriented approach.”
Here is the transit time table, indicating the improved transit time compared to the previous rotation (in brackets)
To Port | Colombo (LKCMB) | Mundra (INRQL) | Haifa (ILHFA) |
Mersin (TRMER) | Alexandria (EGALX) | Istanbul Ambarli (TRKPX) |
Izmir – Aliaga (TRAGA) |
Colombo (LKCMB) |
From Port | ||||||||
Colombo (LKCMB) | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 34 |
Nhava Sheva (INNHV) | 1 | 10 (17) | 11 (18) | 13 (20) | 17 (24) | 19 | 32 | |
Mundra (INRQL) | 8 (19) | 10 (20) | 12 (22) | 15 (26) | 17 | 30 | ||
Haifa (ILHFA) | 24 (25) | 25 (22) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 (29) | |
Mersin (TRMER) | 22 (23) | 24 (20) | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 (27) | ||
Alexandria (EGALX) | 20 (21) | 22 (18) | 3 | 4 | 17 (25) | |||
Istanbul Ambarli (TRKPX) | 17 (17) | 18 (14) | 1 | 14 (21) | ||||
Izmir – Aliaga (TRAGA) | 15 | 17 | 12 |