PHOTO: Maersk Maine with sister ship Maersk Maryland laid up in The Great Harbour, Greenock

A. P. Møller-Mærsk has reportedly sold another three older container carriers to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The three vessels in question are Maersk Maine, Maersk Vermont and Maersk Marylund. The price tag is said to be USD 10.5 million per unit.

They are sister vessels built in Japan at the beginning of the 1990ies, they have a capacity of 1,920 TEU. The vessels were incorporated in the Maersk Line fleet when the Danish major purchased P&O Nedlloyd. The vessels were owned by the P&O Nedlloyd US subsidiary Farrell Line.

Recently Maersk Line sold the last three of the M-class vessels from 1988 to MSC. They replaced some older older container carriers in the MSC fleet. Recently MSC sold a number of 1970ies built container carriers for recycling.