Press Release

DaChan Bay Terminals is pleased to announce the addition of ZIM's East Med Express (EMX) Service as a regular port of call eastbound, beginning in August 2012. This addition to DaChan Bay enhances ZIM's service offering in the Western Pearl River Delta, and represents the continuation of a long and mutually beneficial partnership between ZIM and DaChan Bay Terminals.

Peter Levesque, Modern Terminals' Chief Commercial Officer remarked: "DaChan Bay is unique in the Western Pearl River Delta (PRD) because it provides world class terminal operations together with the capacity for long term growth in the PRD. We look forward to supporting ZIM's continued success in this critical market".

Kevin Li, Marketing Director, Asia Pacific Region of ZIM, said that "ZIM has been working with Modern Terminals for almost 40 years and ZIM was among the first carriers to call at DaChan Bay. The Modern Terminals team continues to be responsive to our business and operational needs in both Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta".

Benjamin Lai, DaChan Bay Terminals' Managing Director, said that "We welcome the addition of ZIM's EMX service to DaChan Bay, and we look forward to providing the EMX with the same level of operational excellence that ZIM and its customers have come to expect from us in DaChan Bay". 

ZIM's East Med Express (EMX) Eastbound Service will deploy vessels with a carrying capacity of 4,000 TEUs to call DaChan Bay Terminal One weekly, following a port rotation of Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - DaChan Bay - Port Kelang - Suez Canal - Haifa - Ambarli-ist - Odessa - Novorossiysk - Ambarli-ist - Haifa - Suez Canal - Colombo - Port Kelang - DaChan Bay - Pusan.