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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

Organization / Public company

Fact box:

  • Founded: 1945
  • HQ: Haifa, Israel
  • Listings: NYSE: ZIM (IPO 2021)
  • Sector: Container shipping

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services operates as the major Israeli container shipping operator and one of the larger global container-shipping operators. The company was founded in 1945 in pre-state Mandatory Palestine and operated as a state-owned shipping operator for much of the 20th century before privatization activity through the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The January 2021 NYSE IPO returned ZIM to public-market status with substantial growth across the post-IPO period through the 2021-2022 container-shipping boom and subsequent normalization. The company operates Asia-Europe, Trans-Pacific, intra-Asia, and adjacent trade-lane services globally.

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