Deep Sea Zim to Odessa and Iliychevsk

    ZIM hasupgradeditsBlackSeaservicenetwork. The liner joins a new deep-sea service and commenced direct calls of the existing service to Odessa.  

    Odessa has been included into rotation of the East Med/Black Sea Express Service (EMX). The upgraded rotation reads Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Dachan Bay – Kelang – Haifa – Ashdod – Istanbul – Odessa – Novorossiysk – Gemlik – Istanbul – Haifa – Mundra – Colombo – Kelang – Pusan. ZIM considers Odessa as important gateway to Ukrainian and CIS markets in addition to Novorossiysk. The EMX deploys 10 ships, including 8 x 4250 TEU and 2 x 3429 TEU.

    The new deep-sea service the ZIM have taken slots on is Asia-Black Sea (ABS),  offering rotation as follows. Shanghai– Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Kelang – Piraeus – Istanbul– Constanta – Iliychevsk – Kelang  – Shanghai.

    Besides of these two deep-seas, ZIM operates in Black Sea the dedicated feeder services, including Black Sea Ukraine Service (BSU) and Constanta Poti Shuttle