Amid the ongoing global integration process between Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and German company Hapag-Lloyd – still pending – the company’s representation in Mexico announced a change in its management structure with the appointment of Andrés Poveda as the new Country Manager .

The company informed customers and suppliers that the transition was carried out smoothly and without affecting the continuity of operations, maintaining work teams, existing commercial agreements, and regular customer service channels. The appointment is effective immediately and marks the replacement of Nalina Sankar , who led the shipping company’s Mexican operations for the past several years.

For the Mexican market, Poveda’s appointment represents the arrival of an executive with extensive experience in the maritime and container shipping industry. Before assuming the general management of ZIM Mexico, he led the operations of the Singaporean shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) in the country, where he spearheaded the consolidation of the company’s direct presence in the Mexican market and the development of its maritime services to Asia and Latin America.

According to public information in his professional profile, Poveda has experience in commercial management, business development and team leadership within the maritime and logistics sector, a combination that has allowed him to participate in the expansion processes of shipping lines in Mexico and strengthen relationships with clients linked to foreign trade.

The shipping company emphasized that the local operation will continue to function under the same organizational structure and reiterated its commitment to maintaining service levels for importers, exporters and other actors in the logistics chain in Mexico.

With this change, ZIM begins a new stage in the Mexican market in a context marked by the reconfiguration of global maritime alliances, the growing competition between shipping companies and the need to strengthen its position in one of the most relevant markets for foreign trade in Latin America.

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