Economica
As a leading carrier and shipping company with worldwide reach, ZIM has varying degrees of influence on the activities of different sectors and economies around the world.
We connect imported and exported goods to markets around the world, and serve both private individuals and commercial customers worldwide with an ongoing and expanding service offering.
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ZIM’s IPO in January 2021
In early 2021, ZIM recorded a breakthrough in another field we completed our IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This is the first IPO of a global shipping company since 2015, and we are the first global container liner to be listed in the US.
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ZIM’s 2023 Business Strategy
In 2019 ZIM management laid the first milestones of the company’s new business strategy through 2023 with the new corporate vision: “Innovative Shipping Dedicated to You”.
This new strategy promotes ZIM as a global carrier with global expertise and a customer-centric focus.
The new Company Vision and Values are also incorporated within this strategy: Can-Do Approach, Results-Driven, Agile, Sustainability and Togetherness.
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Economic Impact And Market Changes
In 2020 the shipping sector confronted a significant new challenge: the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic fallout from the world health crisis included lower global trade, supply chain uncertainty, increased ship waiting times, changes in port calls and port connectivity, port closures, countrywide lockdowns, lack of access to ports and various coastal and inland regions.
Despite the difficulties and ever-changing restrictions on ZIM’s operations, we observed that, as one of the actors in the global supply chain, our services were in great demand during this period in maintaining the timely delivery of food, medicines and other essential goods, which was critical in managing the crisis and mitigating its effects.
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2020 Financial Results
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