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Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Hebrew: צים), formerly Zim American Israeli Shipping and ZIM Israel Navigation Company, is the biggest cargo shipping company in Israel, and 13th largest in the world. The name ZIM means "Fleet" or "big ships" in biblical Hebrew.

ZIM was founded in 1945. It purchased its first ship together with Harris and Dixon (based in London). This vessel was refurbished, renamed "Kedmah", and sailed to Palestine in the summer of 1947. During her first years, her main task was transporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the emerging state. Find businesses that offer postal supplies, machines, and services including air,
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During the 1948 war, the company was the sole maritime connection with the state of Israel, supplying food, freight and military equipment.

In 1953, some of the money from the reparations agreement between Israel and West Germany was allocated to the purchase of 36 new ships, this was a massive expansion of ZIM's fleet.

The 1950s and 1960s saw ZIM concentrate on passenger ships, alongside a constant expansion of the cargo shipping business.