• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Nissim Yochai

ZIM USA

President

Mr. Yochai joined ZIM in 2011 with a wealth of senior managerial experience in shipping and logistics. Prior to his current position, Mr. Yochai has held several key roles within ZIM including, Executive Vice President of Trans-Pacific Trade (2016-2022) based in our regional office in Hong Kong; Vice President of Global Sales (2015-2016) and Vice President of Corporate Customer Relationships (2011-2015) based in our Global Headquarters in Haifa, Israel. 

Before joining ZIM, Mr. Yochai served as Managing Director of Aviv Shigur Ltd, a courier services company, and as General Manager of Fridenson Air and Ocean LTD. Mr. Yochai also contributed his expertise to DHL Express, where he held various commercial roles, including Commercial Manager for Southeast Europe, based in Vienna, and Europe Sales Performance Manager based in Brussels. 

He holds a B.A. in Business and Economics from Bar Ilan University in Israel and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from New York Institute of Technology in New York.

Sessions With Nissim Yochai

Monday, 3 March

  • 10:30am - 11:30am (PST) / 03/mar/2025 06:30 pm - 03/mar/2025 07:30 pm

    Container Shipping Outlook: What a Volatile 2024 Means for the Future
    2024 began with many industry observers and stakeholders expecting a familiar brew of widening vessel capacity outpacing modest inventory restocking in North America and Europe, putting downward pressure on rates but lacking the volatility of the pandemic era. It didn’t turn out that way. Diversions prompted by Houthi rebel attacks reformulated the ship capacity equation by forcing longer sailings. Tariffs and labor threats, and inventory jitters pulled demand from Asia to North America and Europe earlier. The speed at which the container market turned this spring should give the industry pause. The decades of carrier consolidation, coupled with better information and more aggressive pricing efforts when the market is in carriers’ favor, is ultimately making ocean carriers more effective in controlling capacity. What that means in the face of new ship deliveries is unclear, and so, too, is the degree to which the reforming of two new alliance networks increases competition. On the micro level, trust between shippers and carriers is the lowest it's been in years. The lofty hopes of a breakthrough in shipper-carrier relations out of the ashes of pandemic-driven disruption have been dashed. Under higher inventory-carrying costs, shippers often feel a sharper bite from a lack of ocean reliability, while carriers argue that shaky volume forecasts and price bashing challenge their best efforts to deliver consistently. Both sides decry the lack of an enforceable contract. It’s against this backdrop, that a diversity of voices — a carrier, forwarder, industry analyst and investment analyst — will weigh in at TPM25 on the blend of capacity, demand and reliability for the next 18 months, while taking a clear-eyed view of the implications for shipper-carrier relations.  
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