Weekly Broker: MSC leads boxship buying charge

Containership S&P activities dominate the week’s transactions with many ships changing hands, and freight and charter rates surging. Geneva-based containerline Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has embarked on a massive buying spree of secondhand containerships with Splash reporting yesterday the purchase of six German boxships ranging in capacity from from 7,849 to 8,500 teu for an …

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