As part of its strategic program aimed at better serving the market and cater for clients' needs, ZIM will restructure its network, introducing several enhancements. The changes will fine-tune and improve ZIM's AME service, which will now focus on serving the growing Asia"East Med/Black Sea trade, and offer an enhanced network of dedicated, synchronized links by trade.

Below are the changes to be introduced:

- Asia Med Europe (AME) Service new route will be as follows:

Xiamen - Shanghai " Shenzhen)Da Chan Bay( - Port Kelang - Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Alexandria - Ashdod - Haifa - Mersin - Haifa - Port Kelang - Xiamen

- The India Sub-Continent-Europe trade will be served on INE service, with the following rotation:

Hamburg " Antwerp " Tilbury " Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Hamburg

- Med-North Europe trade will be served by 2 loops:

* North Europe Service 1 (NE1): Felixtowe " Rotterdam " Hamburg " Antwerp - Le Havre " Ashdod " Alexandria - Haifa - Ashdod -Valencia " Felixtowe

* North Europe Service 2 (NE2), on the following rotation:

Felixtowe " Rotterdam " Bremerhaven " Antwerp " Haifa " Limassol " Alexandria " Ashdod " Salerno " Felixtowe

Rafi Ben Ari, ZIM VP Shipping, said: The revised network presents an improved alignment, better suited to our customers' requirements, with improved coverage, reliability and availability.