ZIM sailing schedules
See ZIM (ZIM Integrated Shipping Services) forward sailings and, where the data is there, how reliably ZIM actually arrives on a lane — measured from actual vs scheduled arrivals across tracked port calls, not from the schedule ZIM published.
What you get for ZIM
- Forward sailings — vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where ZIM publishes them.
- Coverage — asset-light niche trades — transpacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean express services.
- Reliability — once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score ZIM on actual-vs-scheduled arrival, not on the schedule it published. Thin lanes are shown as low-sample, never guessed.
- Same shape as every line — ZIM reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How ZIM reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a ZIM lane, it compares each actual arrival against what was scheduled and reports the observed on-time rate and the median and p90 transit. Lanes without enough observations are labelled low-sample rather than given a made-up score — so a number, when you see one, is real.
Compare ZIM against the alliance
ZIM rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank ZIM against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for ZIM across the forward schedule window — the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes ZIM sails
The busiest port-pairs on ZIM's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong → Vancouver | 50 | 30 days |
| Singapore → Vancouver | 47 | 34 days |
| Qingdao → Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) | 43 | 28 days |
| Qingdao → Norfolk | 42 | 45 days |
| Singapore → Los Angeles | 42 | 31 days |
| Qingdao → Houston | 42 | 34 days |
| Hong Kong → Los Angeles | 39 | 19 days |
| Hong Kong → Savannah | 39 | 38 days |
| Hong Kong → Houston | 39 | 40 days |
| Hong Kong → Norfolk | 39 | 51 days |
ZIM schedules & reliability — FAQ
How reliable is ZIM on my lane?
ZIM's on-time reliability varies by lane, so SchedulesMCP scores it per route from actual versus scheduled arrivals rather than quoting one figure. Enter your origin and destination in the Compare tool to see ZIM's observed on-time percentage and transit time on that exact lane; lanes with too few tracked arrivals are marked early-data instead of guessed.
How do I compare ZIM against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and ZIM is ranked side by side with every other carrier on that lane by observed on-time reliability, transit time, next departure and sailing frequency — so you can see before you book whether ZIM or a rival is the better call.
Where do ZIM sailing schedules come from?
ZIM sailings come from ZIM's published schedule API, normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does ZIM cover?
ZIM (ZIMU) covers asset-light niche trades — transpacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean express services. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.