ZIM

 One of the steadiest and longstanding shipping lines to call in Halifax is ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. As of this week it added a third service to the port - namely the ZCI  - see November 25 - Part 2. Normally a stand alone company, ZIM belongs to  none of the shipping alliances, however it has now joined with  CMA CGM, COSCO, ONE, OOCL, and Yang Ming to provide additional capacity on the busy a Mediterranean- North America traffic lane.

ZIM already has its weekly ZCA (ZIM Container Service Atlantic) Mediterranean - North Atlantic run with an eight ship rotation but the new ZCI serves several Italian ports that the ZCA does not cover. A third route is he ZCX - Colibri Express -connecting the west coast of South America and the Kingston Jamaica hub with New York and Halifax weekly, with a five ship roster.

Today, November 28, the ZCA arrival was the ZIM Pacific a product of the Hyundai Ulsan shipyard in 2009. It is a 41,358 gt, 51,701 dwt ship with a capacity of 4255 TEU (3480 TEU at 14 tonnes) and has 165 reefer plugs. 

 The ship was built as the Shuaiba but was renamed UASC Shuaiba on delivery. In 2013 it was re named CPO Savannah and in 2018 it became Harpy Hunter. In 2020 it was taken on by ZIM and renamed ZIM Pacific.

ZIM also has a longstanding slot charter arrangement with Hapag-Lloyd on the ZCA route and a few H-L orange boxes can be seen peeking out from the stacks.

 It is difficult to trace the ship's current ownership, but it is likely a charter, instead of an owned ship, as no one has taken the trouble to apply any company funnel marking. If that is the case, the ship may be due for another change since charters are usually made on five year intervals.

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