MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has pounced on five modern feeder boxships being sold by UK-based Lomar Shipping for $136.4m.

They are the 1,750-teu London Trader, Madrid Trader, Trieste Trader and B Trader (all built 2019) and 2,200-teu Queen Esther (built 2016). These have been renamed AS Stine, AS Silje, AS Simone, AS Sabine and AS Anne.