Aug. 3 at 5:59 PM
$ZIM Dr. Yigal Maor, former director of Israel's Shipping and Ports Authority, has published a detailed professional opinion backing the proposed creation of the "New Zim," arguing that the plan would strengthen rather than undermine Israel's strategic interests.
In the report, commissioned by the FIMI fund, Maor writes that the "New Zim is not a violation of the national interest. On the contrary, it is a strategic and unprecedented upgrade." He adds that opposition to the transaction "is based on a populist narrative, an incomplete analysis of the components of national and international maritime trade, and a failure to recognize that most of the 'old Zim' fleet is already under foreign and decentralized ownership."
