ISRAELI flag carrier Zim is reorganising the port rotation of its independent AME (Asia-India subcontinent-East Med) loop by adding a call at Ningbo and dropping one at Colombo.

The new AME rotation will be Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Da Chan Bay, Port Kelang, Cochin, Mumbai-Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), Mundra, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Haifa, Ashdod, Mersin, Haifa, Suez Canal and back to Xiamen.

Eight 4,250-TEU vessels are deployed on the weekly service, offering a 54-day round trip voyage. First call to Ningbo will be the Zim USA arriving Sunday, September 22. The last vessel to serve Colombo will be the Zim Asia arriving Saturday, October 26.