Seattle Protest group to block Israeli ship

The ship belongs to the Israeli shipping company Zim.

JUNE 2, 2021 13:40

Cars drive behind a truck transporting a Zim container just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012 (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) — Cars drive behind a truck transporting a Zim container just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

A BDS protest group in Seattle is attempting to stop an Israeli ship from docking in the city port, according to a statement by the group.

The announcement makes no mention of the goal of stopping the boat from docking, aside from general declarations of "#ShutDownApartheid".

Seattle BDS activists are planning to block an Israeli ship from docking on June 2nd. pic.twitter.com/xVC4QrkK7g
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 31, 2021

The ship belongs to the Israeli shipping company Zim, that in 2018 joined into a partnership with the 2M Alliance, one of the world’s largest shipping groups, to open trade lines between the east coast of the United States and Asia.

It has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since February 2021.