此前也有報道稱，由于日本經濟低迷，政治潛在的不確定，以及日元兌美元升值的影響，導致日本航運市場極為不景氣，船公司出現大額度的虧損，2016財年第一季度，三大船公司合計虧損1531.89億日元，較去年同期跌幅超一倍至134.65%。其中K-Line虧損267.9億日元。

　　下面是K-LINE官方破產澄清原文，大概意思是這則破產謠言是由一家名為APLL的新加坡物流公司造謠而起，K-LINE將會尋求法律途徑解決。

　　RE: False Statement by APL Logistics Ltd

　　We express our gratitude that you are always users of our services.

　　On 20 September, the false emails stating a potential bankruptcy of K Line were circulated by APL Logistics Ltd (a Singapore based company ) ( "APLL") to their customers. We are bound to say that the message disseminated by APLL is unfounded without basis of any financial analysis and it is a false statement. We have strongly protested to APLL at a meeting yesterday, who admitted that the statement was false and promised to send to their customers a message to retract such statement. We are also considering to take any necessary legal measures that we may have against the concerned parties.

　　Our financial condition is sound as shown in the link below, more specifically: As of 30 June 2016, the Cash and deposits is JPY 214,304 mil ; Total net asset is JPY 330,392mil; equity ratio is 29.1%; and liquidity ratio is 154.5%, and moreover, we maintain the credit rating at the same sound and viable level as other shipping companies . It is evident also from these figures that the messages sent by APLL to its customers are erroneous.

　　We have been providing and will assure to continuously provide our customers with our high quality services, and thus we request you to keep good relation with us

　　9月21日，不知道怎么地有下面一組關于K-LINE即將申請破產的謠言廣泛地在航運界里傳播，而后廈門外代也緊急做了下面“嚴正聲明”：