ORDERS AND SALES

摘要

While in general activity on the secondhand market for further trading container vessels remained relatively modest, the number of transacted vessels was boosted by two transactions involving several ships. CMA CGM sold eleven two- to four-year-old handy-neo-panamax container vessels to Chinese interest. The total transaction volume is reported to be about 880 mill. $. The former APL/NOL owned vessels are leased-back to CMA CGM. With this transaction CMA CGM is able to pay off the loan it had taken on for the acquisition of NOL/APL. Four ice class vessels built at German Meyer Werft have been sold at 9 mill. $. The bank-initiated sale involves long-term charter contracts to Unifeeder. Further transactions concerned one 7,000 TEU vessel, one former panamax type and ships having a size below 2,000 TEU.