MSC add 13,050-TEU to Far East/North Europe Lion service

HAMBURG-based shipowners Reederei Claus Peter Offen has received the first in a series of five ships ordered in October 2009 at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea.

The 13,050 TEU CPO Venezia China is renamed as MSC Rapallo to be chartered to the Geneva-based MSC`s Far East-North Europe Lion service with the four remaining vessels to be delivered to the carrier in the coming four months to replace 8,400-9,200 TEU on this service.