The German owner announced it had moved on the 2,200-teu ships in a deal valued at around $30m.

While it did not identify the ships involved, brokers suggest the Ahrenkiel-managed Anglia (built 1999), Asturia, Alicantia, Aquitania (all built 2000), and the Andalusia (built 2001) are the vessels purchased.

They last made TradeWinds headlines in February after the three KG funds which owned them filed for bankruptcy, leaving their future uncertain.

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