[ ZIM Completes Move to Pier C Terminal ]

With its first ship call, Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co. Inc. has c
ompleted the move its operations to Stevedoring Services of America’s
new 59-acre PCT Pier C facility-the Port of Long Beach’s eighth cont
ainer terminal. The occasion was commemorated on March 30 with the arr
ival of the container ship, Zim China.
Zim’s vessels had previously called at SSofA’s Pacific Container Ter
minal on Pier J, sharing the 110-acre facility with China Ocean Shippi
ng Co.
“This move is a major enhancement for our customers,”said Zim-Americ
an Vice President Capt. Karsten Lemke. “It gives us the opportunity t
o introduce a new string of ships.”
Beginning in May, Zim is launching a second weekly trans-Pacific servi
ce. Called the Zim Pacific Service, the service will deploy six, 2,200
TEU vessels that will call in Long Beach each Thursday. The ships will
depart Long Beach and call in Oakland, Seattle, Busan, Shekou(China),
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Busan, Vancouver and then return to Long Beach.
With the new ships, Zim will be operating 21 vessels in its trans-Paci
fic services.
The Pier C facility-once the site of a Procter & Gamble soap plant-was
formerly a terminal for Hanjin Shippng Co. Ltd. Hanjin moved to a new
177-acre terminal on Pier A in late-1997.