ZIM upgrades Asia-Black Sea services
ZIM has announced upgrades to its Asia-Black Sea services. Firstly the company has added a direct call at Odessa, Ukraine to its EMX service and secondly the company has introduced a new Asia-Black Sea service.
The company’s East Med/Black Sea Express (EMX) service will add the port of Odessa to its rotation. The company stated that the new direct call, with improved transit time, adds a central gateway to Russia and CIS countries, in addition to the exclusive direct call in Novorossiysk, Russia. EMX will also improve transit times from major Asian ports, including an exclusive call in Pusan, South Korea.
Furthermore, ZIM is offering a new service, Asia-Black Sea (ABS), connecting major Asian ports with the ports of Constanta, Romania and Illichivsk, Ukraine as well as the ports of Piraeus, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey.
A company statement said: "Together, these two additions constitute a significant upgrade; part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its leading position in the Black Sea region; with two weekly sailings, wider port coverage, improved transit times and higher reliability."
The two services will have the following rotations:
EMX: Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Dachan Bay, Port Kelang, Haifa, Ashdod, Istanbul, Odessa, Novorossiysk, Gemlik, Istanbul, Haifa, Mundra, Colombo, Port Kelang and Pusan.
ABS: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Port Kelang, Piraeus, Istanbul, Constanta, Illichivsk, Port Kelang and back to Shanghai.
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