以色列集装箱承运商以星航运公司于周五否认了一则报道，称并未打算出售其主要的全球航运业务，关于其将成为地中海地区承运商的报道并不属实。
据华尔街日报报道，一位圈内人士透露以星航运的投资者正“带着出售招股章程环游世界”，另一位知情人士则称该公司打算削减一半的业务，出售美国与亚洲，美国与地中海以及亚洲与东地中海的业务，“仅保留少量船只以提供地中海贸易运输服务。”
然而，以星航运向美国航运人杂志否认这一谣言，称并不打算出售其全球航运业务。“在过去的几十年里，我们是一家业务遍及全球的大公司，并且无论如何我们都不会改变我们服务全球的理念，我们将一直致力于向客户提供全球范围内的服务。”
以星航运32%的股份由KENON 控股公司持有，金融机构和船东持有其余的68%的股份，而这其中大部分是在2014年7月公司的一次财政改组，并达成债务重组的过程中取得的。
以星航运在2016年第二季度的净亏损额达7500万美元，与去年同期7500万美元的净利润形成巨大落差。
Danieli称以星航运和其他集装箱承运商一样，由于市场需求急剧缩减和运能大幅过剩而背负巨大的压力。
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ZIM rejects rumor that it plans to sell global shipping operations
Israeli container carrier ZIM has denied a report Friday that said it is looking to sell the majority of its global shipping operations to instead become a regional Mediterranean carrier.
The Wall Street Journal reported that one person familiar with the matter said ZIM's bankers are traveling around the world with a sale prospectus, while another individual familiar with the matter said the company wants to split in half, selling services between the U.S. and Asia, the U.S. and the Mediterranean, and Asia and the East Mediterranean, while holding on to a handful of ships for Mediterranean trades.
However, ZIM told American Shipper it is rejecting the rumor that it has intentions to sell its global shipping operations. We have been a global player for the past few decades and we have no intentions what so ever to stop being one and provide worldwide services to our clients, the carrier said.
Thirty-two percent of ZIM's shares are held by Kenon Holdings Ltd., while the additional 68 percent are held by financial institutions and shipowners, who acquired their majority stake in the company when it went through a financial reorganization, completing a debt restructuring agreement in July 2014.
ZIM reported a net loss of $75 million in the second quarter of 2016 compared to a net profit of $75 million in the same 2015 period.
Danieli said that ZIM, like other container carriers, is under pressure because of a strong decrease in demand and a big increase in capacity.
