ZIM opens new route between Venezuela and the US

The container shipping company is offering a new weekly service between several major ports in Venezuela and the United States.Israeli container shipping company ZIM has announced that it will open a new container route between Venezuela and the US.

In a post on LinkedIn, ZIM CEO Eli Glickman says the new route will offer weekly departures between the Venezuelan ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira and major US ports such as New York, Miami, Houston, and Savannah.

The transit time on the route will be 11 to 19 days, depending on which US ports are involved, according to the post.

ZIM thus appears to be eyeing new business opportunities in Venezuela in the wake of the US’ seizure of the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro

He is now imprisoned in the US awaiting prosecution, while the Trump administration is working to gain access to Venezuela’s oil resources.