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MSC is continuing to buy second-hand containerships, and does not appear to have lost its appetite for ordering newbuilds, as it prepares for life outside the 2M.
Indeed, Alphaliner reports MSC has just completed the acquisition of the “iconic” 25-year-old 9,600 teu Sovereign Maersk, which was sold by the Danish carrier to Japanese shipowner MC Shipping in 2016, but chartered back.
The ship’s capacity was increased in 2012 from 8,200 teu by raising the wheelhouse.
At its launch in 1997, Sovereign Maersk was one ...
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