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Transportation 2025: YOCHAI, NISSIM
PRESIDENT, ZIM AMERICAN INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Transportation 2025: YOCHAI, NISSIM
PRESIDENT, ZIM AMERICAN INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Yochai was tapped as Zim American’s president in 2022. The U.S. company, a subsidiary of Israeli cargo shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services, moved to the Hampton Roads region in 2001. Last year, Zim American relocated and expanded its U.S. headquarters, moving from Norfolk to Virginia Beach.
In 2011, Yochai joined Zim’s parent company, which has operations in more than 90 countries, serving over 32,000 customers in approximately 300 ports worldwide.
Zim Integrated Shipping’s total revenue was $8.43 billion in 2024, compared with $5.16 billion in 2023. In the first quarter of 2025, Zim reported $2.01 billion in revenue, a year- over-year increase of 28%.
Yochai has a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. He previously was executive vice president of Zim’s trans-Pacific trade division based in Hong Kong, and he held executive positions with DHL Express, Fridenson Air & Ocean, and Aviv Shigur.
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