Bids are due on the 13,100-teu Hanjin Green Earth, Hanjin Blue Ocean (both built 2013), Hanjin America, Hanjin Asia and Hanjin Sooho (all built 2012), with the winners to be unveiled next week.

The ships, which were built at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, belong to a series of 12 vessels that were left in the control of German financier HSH Nordbank.

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