# ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/zim-com/  
**Website:** https://www.zim.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) is a global container liner shipping company founded in 1945 and headquartered in Haifa, Israel. ZIM operates in more than 90 countries, serving over 30,000 customers across more than 300 ports worldwide with a differentiated global-niche strategy focused on agile fleet management and select trade lanes. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and, as of 2026, is the subject of a pending acquisition by Hapag-Lloyd at approximately $35.00 per share. ZIM's digital surface includes the myZIM customer area, ZIMonitor cargo visibility, an electronic Bill of Lading (eB/L) service, a Draft B/L tool, EDI integrations for booking and shipping instructions, a mobile application, and a developer API portal at api.zim.com hosted on Microsoft Azure API Management. Access to the ZIM API requires registering through ZIM API Support and obtaining a security token; rate limits are set per organization at registration. No public OpenAPI specification, SDKs, or GitHub organization are published, so ZIM is profiled here as a Tier-3 catalog entry pending spec disclosure or partner access.

## Kin Score — 6.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 6.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Zim Com Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Shipping, Container Shipping, Ocean Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain, Maritime, Container Tracking, EDI, Electronic Bill of Lading, Cargo Visibility, Israel, Transportation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/zim-com/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.