ZIM and the G6 alliance (APL, HMM, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL) are holding discussions in order to cooperate in the Asia-Pacific North West Coast trade, expanding the current cooperation between ZIM and G6 on the Asia-US East coast trade, the company said in its press release.

The new structure is planned to commence from the second quarter of 2014. Any cooperative agreement will be subject to FMC approval.

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