News / Zim to extend ZMI loop as joint Israel Express/NE1 service with MSC ends

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MSC and Zim Lines are further reducing their cooperation on international shipping trades, agreeing to terminate one joint North Europe-East Mediterranean service at the end of March.

According to the eeSea liner database, the two carriers jointly operate the weekly Israel Express/NE1 service between the North Europe hubs of Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre, and Haifa and Ashdod in Israel, with waypoint calls at Limissol and Valencia.

The service deploys five vessels of between 5,400 teu and 5,800 teu, two ...