Opposition to ZIM’s sale to Hapag-Lloyd grows

Opposition to Hapag-Lloyd’s planned takeover of Israeli line ZIM is growing, with union protests and the controversial sale debated at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, yesterday. Hapag-Lloyd unveiled a $4.2bn takeover offer for ZIM a week ago (pictured), in a deal that would carve out a ‘New ZIM’ made up of 16 vessels to be separated …