Box Ships takes delivery of 6,589-TEU Maule to join its fledgling fleet

ATHENS-based Box Ships Inc has taken delivery of the 6,589-TEU Maule, a containership built in 2010, by an unidentified third party.


This vessel has a fixed rate period time charter of five years (with charter option of plus/minus 30 days) with CSAV Valparaiso Chile at a gross daily charter rate of US$38,000, a statement from the Greece-based international shipping company posted by Marketwire said.


The Maule is the third of six vessels to be delivered that will make up the company's initial fleet. The remaining three vessels include two 5,095-TEU, 2007 built container ships, the CMA CGM Kingfish and the CMA CGM Marlin; and one 4,546-TEU 2006 built containership, the MSC Siena.


Following the delivery of these remaining three vessels, the shipping company's fleet will have a weighted-average age of 2.5 years, an aggregate capacity of 28,177 TEU, and a weighted-average remaining charter duration of 35.3 months, the statement added.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)