GENEVA`s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to charter four Maersk laid-up vessels, the 4,500-TEU Maersk Beaumont, the Maersk Boston, the Maersk Bentonville and the Maersk Brooklyn which will be deployed for 12-months on MSC`s Cheetah service.
The vessels boast the fastest speed of containerships at 30 knots and will be in direct competition with the Danish carrier`s subsidiary Safmarine service linking South Africa to Asia.
A daily rate for the Swiss carrier`s 12-month time charter is double the rate of the market six months ago at US$$24,000 according to a report from London`s Containerisation International.
MSC charters laid-up Maersk ships to rival Safmarine
Time：2010-09-06
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