News / 2M Alliance in Asia-US east coast transpacific services tie-up with Zim

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The 2M partners Maersk and MSC have signed an agreement with Israel’s Zim Lines to combine their Asia-US east coast container shipping services.

The seven Asia-US east coast loops deployed by the carriers – five from the 2M and two by Zim – will be consolidated into five loops from September: four operated by the 2M and one by Zim, with the three parties involved – Maersk, MSC and Zim – swapping slots on all five strings.

The agreement is set to ...