The Danish feeder operator has taken three modern 1,025-teu gearless boxships at a low initial rate of just EUR 5,300 ($7,000) per day for the first six months.

The charters will be pegged to an index for the following 60 months in what some are suggesting may be a bank-driven deal.

Unifeeder is expected to use the 1,025-teu, ice-class Pegasus and Pollux (both built 2009) and the Condor (built 2012) for its Baltic services.

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