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Zim workers return under partial strike as talks continue

19.04.26|CTech

Operations resume but tensions persist over takeover terms.

Zim strike halts operations as takeover tensions escalate

17.04.26|CTech

Dispute over labor terms threatens $4.2 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI.

Zim CEO Eli Glickman to step down months after $4.2 billion sale

16.04.26|Yarden Rozanski

Resignation follows Hapag-Lloyd acquisition agreement and delisting plan from the NYSE.

מימין גיורא איילנד אלוף ב מילואים ו אונייה אוניה אוניית צים שיקגו

Israel faces strategic choice as Zim sale nears decision point

26.03.26|Galit Hemi

Financial stability versus long-term control of maritime infrastructure.

$4.2 billion Zim sale includes rare “pay later” structure

23.03.26|Golan Hazani

Private equity fund FIMI will only pay Hapag-Lloyd after extracting $200 million in returns.

“The sale of Zim to foreign ownership should not be allowed”

18.03.26|Golan Hazani

Former National Security Council head Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland warns the $4.2 billion deal with Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI could undermine Israel’s strategic shipping capacity and maritime workforce. Zim employees submitted Eiland's opinion to relevant government ministries, although he has since requested to review it after FIMI presented several arguments he wished to examine.

Zim profit plunges 78% ahead of $4.2 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd

09.03.26|Amir Perger

Israeli carrier transported fewer containers and saw average freight prices fall 18% in 2025.

Maersk could re-enter race for Zim if Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2 billion deal unravels

04.03.26|Golan Hazani

Danish shipping giant is said to be preparing a contingency plan as regulators review the Hapag-Lloyd-FIMI acquisition of the Israeli carrier.

Zim strike ends as $300 million severance deal removes key employee hurdle for sale

24.02.26|Golan Hazani

Employees return to work after breakthrough in talks with Hapag-Lloyd.

ישי דוידי קרן פימי ב דיון ב ועדת הכלכלה מכירת צים 22.2.26

"Zim has faced bankruptcy twice in the past. The new Zim will definitely be profitable from day one."

23.02.26| Zvi Zerahia

Ishay Davidi, CEO of FIMI, said at the Economic Committee that the new Zim will be established with equity of $700 million and no debt, and that "There will be no situation in which the new Zim fails to meet the requirements of the State of Israel."

Zim workers escalate strike over $4.2 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd

22.02.26|Golan Hazani

Union halves exceptional operations and bars chairman from company facilities.

Is the Zim sale unravelling? Regulator questions legal structure

19.02.26|Adrian Filut

Golden Share obligations may block transfer of control.

“Hapag-Lloyd raised to $35, Maersk to $30”: Zim Chairman on the intense bidding war that led to the $4.2 billion sale

18.02.26|Golan Hazani

Chairman Yair Seroussi recounts the strategic chess game that secured the highest bid amid global shipping volatility.

“We will paralyze the company”: Zim workers escalate strike over $4.2 billion Hapag-Lloyd deal

17.02.26|Golan Hazani

Union warns of sweeping layoffs as government weighs intervention over Israel’s maritime security.

חתימת הסכם רכישת ענקית הספנות צים על ידי האפאג לויד Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd CEO: "Qatar and Saudi Arabia reps supported Zim acquisition"

17.02.26|Golan Hazani

The agreement to sell the Israeli shipping company to the German giant, which is also owned by the two Arab countries, was signed on Monday in Tel Aviv. The German company's Israeli partner was supposed to be Udi Angel, but negotiations were delayed and the Germans brought in the FIMI fund.

Hapag-Lloyd completes $4.2 billion cash deal for Zim

16.02.26|Golan Hazani

German shipping giant closes landmark acquisition as FIMI takes over Israeli operations.

Inside Zim’s $4.2 billion high-stakes sale to Hapag-Lloyd

16.02.26|Golan Hazani

A takeover at a premium valuation raises questions about jobs, security and maritime independence.

Zim board approves $4.2 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI

15.02.26|Golan Hazani

German shipping giant wins tender over Maersk; new “Zim Israel” to retain 16 owned vessels under FIMI control.

“Existential threat”: Shipping authority warns Zim deal endangers Israel

15.02.26|Golan Hazani

Regulator says post-sale company could collapse amid looming global downturn.

Zim workers launch immediate strike over $3.5 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd-FIMI

15.02.26|Golan Hazani

According to the workers' union, the company’s management is offering to retain only 120 local employees. “It means that 880 employees are at risk of being laid off,” said union head Oren Caspi. “The loss-making activity will remain in Israel, while the profitable routes will go to Hapag-Lloyd.”