Auction 4
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Jun 16, 2019
3 HaTaasiyah St., 3rd floor. Industrial area, Raanana, Israel
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LOT 133:

Postcard of the SS Kedma, the first ship of Zim.


Start price:
$ 20
Estimated price :
$60 - $80
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16/06/2019 at MDLD Auction House

Postcard of the SS Kedma, the first ship of Zim.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (formerly ZIM Israel Navigation Company Ltd. and Zim American Israeli Shipping Inc.), is the biggest cargo shipping company in Israel, and one of the top-20 global carriers. The company's headquarters are in Haifa and has a North American headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.


ZIM was founded in 1945, by the Jewish Agency and the Histadrut (General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel). The first ship was purchased in partnership with Harris and Dixon (based in London) in 1947. This vessel was refurbished, renamed SS Kedma, and sailed to the future state of Israel in the summer of 1947. During her first years, her main task was transporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the emerging state.