MSC acquires two 9,000-teu boxships with Embiricos deal
Mediterranean Shipping Co spends $400m on neo-panamaxes.
Swiss line, MSC, has continued its drive to expand its fleet with another panamax purchase, worth an estimated $200m. The company bought the 9,034-teu Skyros and Symi I (both built 2014) from Embiricos-controlled International Maritime Enterprises.
The wide-beam vessels are believed to be $100m a piece and bring MSC’s total spending on the neo-panamax sector to around $400m in April alone.
Skyros and Symi I are currently on charter to Hapag-Lloyd and have a similar specification. They were ordered at South Korean yard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in April 2013 and delivered to Embiricos in 2014 as the UASC Tabuk and UASC Jilfar.
