Costamare acquires boxship duo for long-term charter to Maersk
The New York-listed, Greece-based containership owner has been busy extending its charter employment coverage with genuinely long-term deals that have been hard to come by for charter owners in recent times. A fresh acquisition of two 5,000 teu wide-beam vessels is backed by seven-year charters to Maersk Line, while Costamare has confirmed that five 12,690 teu newbuildings recently ordered in China have been chartered by Yang Ming for 10 years
Deal for two 5,000 teu vessels follows 10-year durations for Greek owner’s Yang Ming newbuilds