SWITZERLAND's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken in charge the third of six 15,908-TEU ships built at the STX Shipyard in Korea, the MSC Istanbul.
Four will be under long-term charter from Zodiac Maritime, while the other two will be under charter from Eastern Pacific Shipping.
The six sister ships were originally ordered in October 2010 by Zodiac Maritime as 13,000-TEUers. But a year later, they were upgraded as 16,000-TEU ships, the first such ships to be built by STX, reports Alphaliner.
In 2013 two of the six contracts were transferred from Zodiac to Eastern Pacific within the context of a fleet split between the sons of the late Sammy Ofer. Eastern Pacific controls the latest newbuilding.
The MSC Istanbul is to join the Maersk-MSC Far East-Europe AE-5/Albatros loop, offered by the 2M shipping alliance and implemented earlier this month. She follows the MSC New York delivered in October.
SHIPBUILDING
01 February 2015 - 20:30
MSC takes on charter, new 15,908-TEU Istanbul from Korea's STX
SWITZERLAND's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken in charge the third of six 15,908-TEU ships built at the STX Shipyard in Korea, the MSC Istanbul.
SHIPBUILDING
01 February 2015 - 20:30
MSC takes on charter, new 15,908-TEU Istanbul from Korea's STX
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