Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has fixed a handful of boxships with Cosco Shipping and sold one vessel to another Chinese operator.

Delphis, the container desk of the Antwerp operator, has fixed four traditional panamax and feeder boxships to Cosco which is expected to operate them on new north-south services to Europe.

The charters see Cosco taking two vessels that have been reactivated after more than a year idle.