Schifffahrt: Hapag-Lloyd setzt trotz israelischem Veto auf ZIM-Übernahme
Warum glaubt Hapag-Lloyd trotz Widerstand aus Israel an die ZIM-Übernahme? Hinter den Kulissen laufen intensive Gespräche – und es geht um rund 3,6 Milliarden Euro.
Hapag-Lloyd, a Hamburg-based container shipping company, persists in its pursuit to acquire the Israeli shipping firm ZIM despite opposition from the Israeli government. In an interview with "Welt am Sonntag," Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen stated that their proposed approach is an improvement in many areas and better for the status quo of Israel.
The discussions with the Israeli authorities have intensified over the last one to one and a half months. Hapag-Lloyd, with over 300 ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million Standard Containers (TEU), is the fifth-largest shipping company in the world. In February, they signed an agreement to take over ZIM, the tenth-largest shipping line globally, which would entail Hapag-Lloyd purchasing all of ZIM's shares for approximately €3.6 billion, expanding their fleet to over 400 ships and increasing capacity to more than 3 million TEU.
However, the Israeli government vetoed the deal, primarily due to the ownership stakes of two Saudi Arabian and Qatari state funds, which hold 10.2% and 12.1% of Hapag-Lloyd's shares, respectively.
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