Triple acquisition takes MSC buying spree to 250 ships
The historic secondhand vessel spree Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) embarked upon in August 2020 has now hit the 250-ship mark with news of three more acquisitions.
The historic secondhand vessel spree Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) embarked upon in August 2020 has now hit the 250-ship mark with news of three more acquisitions.
Alphaliner is reporting the Soren Toft-led carrier has taken the 5,618 teu, 1999-built sisterships Conti Canberra and Conti Darwin as well as the 14-year-old, 2,702 teu X-Press Kanchenjunga.
MSC, which surpassed Maersk at the top of the liner rankings at the start of the year, now has a trading fleet of 4.57m slots, according to Alphaliner as well as a record orderbook in excess of 1.7m teu.
Source: splash247
Writer: Sam Chambers
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