A containership recently released from detention in Bangladesh has been taken on long-term bareboat charter by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC).

The 1,730-teu SFL Europa (built 2003), which is owned by John ­Fredriksen’s Ship Finance Inter­national (SFI), has been fixed on a five-year bareboat charter with the Geneva-based liner operator.

The vessel is one of two containerships formerly chartered by collapsed Hanjin Shipping that had been detained under guard for nearly six months in Chittagong.