News / Maersk paying $100,000 a day to charter scarce post-panamax box ships

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Maersk Line is being forced to pay a premium to secure scarce chartered tonnage for the Gemini Cooperation.

The Danish carrier is paying $100,000 a day to charter Sinokor Merchant Marine’s 2024-built 8,030 teu Manzanillo Bridge for two to three months, according to Linerlytica.

The vessel has just finished a three-month charter to MSC – notably, Maersk is paying $10,000 per day more than MSC.

Taiwanese operator TS Lines has chartered its newly built 7,000 teu TS Hongkong to Maersk for $99,750/day for ...