News / Zim seeks more annual contracts after strong 2024 results

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Israeli carrier Zim said today that 2024 had been the second-best year in its history: it grew volumes at more than twice the market rate; with average freight rates across the year up by around 50%.

Full-year liftings were 3.75m teu, compared with 3.28m teu in 2023, equating to a 14.3% increase and more than double the global volume growth rate of around 6%, according to Drewry.

CFO Xavier Destriau told The Loadstar the transpacific and Latin American trades had been particularly ...