Track ZIM containers
beyond what ZIM shows you.
Israel's national shipping carrier and one of the world's top 10 container lines. CargoPilot tracks the actual vessel — not just what the ZIM tracking portal reports.
3 free shipments · No card required · 30 seconds
Headquarters
Haifa, Israel
Founded
1945
Fleet
150+ vessels
Capacity
800K TEU
Alliance
Independent
Prefixes
5
About ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Israel's national shipping carrier and one of the world's top 10 container lines. Founded in 1945, ZIM is known for rapid fleet expansion and niche market agility — including dedicated refrigerated and express services. ZIM operates independently across Transpacific, Transatlantic, and East Mediterranean trade lanes.
The Tracking Gap
The ZIM tracking portal shows you milestones.
CargoPilot shows you what's happening.
ZIM updates their tracking system when a milestone is logged — often hours or days after it occurs. If your container's vessel is slow-steaming, anchored outside port, or waiting at a congested terminal, the ZIM tracking portal won't reflect that until it's officially logged. By then, the delay is already a problem.
ZIM Tracking Portal
VESSEL: ZIM EXPRESS
ETA: —
LAST UPDATE: 4 DAYS AGO
CargoPilot Intelligence
Delay DetectedVessel Position
248nm from port
Current Speed
9.1 knots
Port Wait
~8hr avg queue
Vessel Status
Slow-steaming
AI-Revised ETA
CargoPilot Insight
Vessel slow-steaming for 36h. Destination port congestion adding 1–2 day dwell time. Revised ETA 4 days later than ZIM's published figure.
What CargoPilot Adds
Everything you wish ZIM showed you.
Live vessel position
Track the actual ship via satellite AIS — not what ZIM's system has logged. Updated every few minutes.
Real speed & heading
See if the vessel carrying your container is on schedule, slow-steaming, or has deviated from its route.
AI-revised ETA
Our model factors in vessel speed, port congestion, and historical dwell times to give you a more accurate arrival estimate.
Delay alerts — early
Get notified 12–48 hours before delays are logged in ZIM's system. Enough time to act.
Port congestion context
Know whether delays are vessel-side or port-side. We monitor wait times and anchorage queues at destination.
Plain-English explanations
No cryptic codes. When something changes, we tell you what happened, why, and what it means for your cargo.
ZIM Container Prefixes
ZIM containers can be identified by their four-letter ISO 6346 owner code. All these prefixes belong to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services — CargoPilot tracks them all.
Stop waiting for ZIM to tell you what you already need to know.
CargoPilot monitors your ZIM containers continuously — alerting you the moment something changes, before it becomes a problem.
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