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Italy’s Pharmaceutical Market Continues to Gain Momentum and So Does ZIM
Interview with Gianluca Scalisi, ZIM’s Country Sales Manager According to Farmindustria (https://www.farmindustria.it/english-content/), the pharmaceutical industry in Italy is a strategic economic asset with a production value of € 34 billion, growing over 150% in the last ten years. It is the bigg…
Introducing ZIM’s Global Logistics and Equipment Division
The Global Logistics & Equipment Division is responsible for procuring, maintaining, and repositioning ZIM’s containers fleet. Every year, we move millions of empty containers around the world to support the commercial demands of our customers. Our target is to supply the equipment required to t…
ZIMonitor Reefers Aid the Pharmaceutical Industry
As of end 2019, the total global pharmaceutical market was valued at $1.25 trillion, with technological innovation impacting drug development as well as the drug supply chain. In recent years, the requirement for temperature-controlled reefers has grown tremendously, and customers are looking for mu…
ZIM Helps Spanish Growers Export Citrus to Canada
The production of citrus in the EU is concentrated in the Mediterranean region, with Spain being one of the leading citrus producers. Citrus production is located in Comunidad Valenciana (CV), the most important area with the longest citrus-farm tradition, followed by Catalonia, Murcia, and Andalusi…
The Reefers Future Couldn’t Be Brighter
ZIM’s Global Reefers unit was established at the end of 2015, with a long-term plan of responding to the increased global demand in the cold chain Continuously striving for excellence, we have since increased our planning capabilities, tracking and coordinating reefers flow across our network while…
Technology at the Service of Israeli Agriculture- Avocado Shipping
We met with Moti Azari to talk about how ZIM’s reefers, equipped with the latest CA technology, are used to export avocado from Israel to several corners of the world. Q: Tell us a bit about yourself and your time at ZIM. Azari: I’ve been with ZIM for about 12 years, managing the reefers’ trade busi…
ZIM Develops Route to Export Avocado from Mexico to Spain
Mexico is one of the world’s largest avocado exporters, with most of the produce exported by truck to the US. Other target markets include the Far East, Europe, and some countries of the Mediterranean, where transportation is by sea. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Avocado…
Booming Seafood Market – India’s Outlook
With more than 1.3 billion people, India is the second most populated country in the world and seventh by land area. The country has a long and diverse coastline, as well as a rich river environment, which represent excellent locations for aquaculture. Today, backed by several incentive schemes prom…
4 Things That Can Go Wrong When Shipping Pharmaceuticals by Ocean
Shipping pharmaceuticals is a complicated and very costly business. After spending billions in research and trials, you want to make sure that your products arrive to their destination maintaining their efficacy and high quality. While ocean shipment in refrigerated reefers has advanced leaps and bo…
5 Technologies that will change the Pharmaceutical shipping world
For several years now, pharmaceutical companies consider ocean freight their preferred mode of transportation. This is not only driven by the lower costs of ocean freight but mostly by higher security, controlled environment technology and better operational efficiencies. With the accelerated increa…
Teva Pharmaceuticals: Learn more about Teva Pharmaceuticals success story with ZIMonitor service
Teva Pharmaceuticals Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is the world’s largest producer of generic pharmaceuticals. It is of vital importance that all Teva medications arrive at destinations around the globe in pristine condition. Working closely with Teva, ZIM developed ZIMonitor, a program that combin…