May 1st, 20190London-based containership owner Global Ship Lease has signed new charters with Zim for 2000-built 5,936 teu containerships Dimitris Y and Ian H. The new charters are for a period of 21 to 24 months, and are scheduled to commence in June and July in direct continuation of their current charters. Ian Webber, CEO of Global Ship...
April 17th, 20190In an important blockchain breakthrough for liner shipping, Maersk has found another rival to sign up to TradeLens, its platform launched last year with IBM. Israeli carrier ZIM has signed up to participate in TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled documentation system designed to smooth bureaucracy between carriers, freight forwarders,...
February 28th, 20190Israel-based LogChain has completed a pilot blockchain shipment of beverages from Belgium, the latest in a sudden raft of blockchain cargo movements. The successful shipment was carried out over LogChain’s own platform, handling all aspects of the supply-chain by implementing electronic bill of lading (e-BL) and Letter of Credit...
February 27th, 20191Israeli shipping and logistics service provider ZIM has announced that it has made a direct investment in compatriot technology company Ladingo to expand its presence in digital shipping. Ladingo was established in early 2018 and offers a comprehensive solution to online shops selling large and bulky items such as furniture, bicycles,...
February 1st, 20190Containerlines have until the end of this month to enter a unique prize draw created by Israeli cargo trackers Loginno. Loginno has announced a competition for small- and medium-sized container lines, and the winner will have 100% of their containers turned into digitally enabled online smart containers. Anyone with a fleet of up to...
January 15th, 20190Israeli containerline continues to build its credentials in the world of blockchain moving ever closer to bidding farewell to the centuries old paper bill of lading. Over the last year, following ZIM’s November 2017 announcement regarding the first-ever pilot of paperless bills-of-lading based on blockchain technology, ZIM and...
January 10th, 20190ZIM has further cosied up to the world’s top two liners, Maersk and MSC, in what its CEO described today as a game-changing agreement for the Israeli containerline. ZIM was throughout its history a standalone carrier, reluctant to join alliances until last year when it partnered with Maersk and MSC, who make up the 2M vessel sharing...
January 9th, 20192Idan Ofer’s Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping and Israel-based XT Shipping have closed a deal to acquire the chemical tanker fleet of BW Chemical Tankers. First reported in November, the deal - worth approximately $350m - for 13 vessels had subjects lifted just before Christmas after financing was put in place. The vessels...
December 26th, 20180 The controversial privatisation of Israeli port Ashdod
has been put on hold. The privatisation plans, which have sparked numerous
strikes, need the approval of the local workforce which the government now
acknowledges it is unlikely to get so has put the process on hold indefinitely. Haifa, the country’s other big port, is being...
September 27th, 20180Fresh from forging a landmark alliance this month with 2M partners Maersk and MSC on routes from Asia to the US east coast, Israeli boxline has now linked up with MSC again, this time on the India Sub-Continent – Mediterranean tradelane. ZIM, which has never been in an official container alliance, will now join with MSC from the...
