In a statement issued after the close the New York-quoted operator said Sea Consortium Pte, doing business as X-Press Feeders, has taken the 4,113-teu Ville d’Aquarius (built 1996) for an additional four to six months.

GSL indicated that the panamax will earn a gross charter rate of $8,390 per day, which represents an increase of approximately 12% when compared to what it was earning over the course of the initial six-month contract.

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