Delphis has secured a healthy premium on the fixture three ice-class containerships, despite the massive influx of capacity in the Baltic trades, says managing director Maxime Van Eecke.

The onset of the ice-class season has enabled the Belgian owner to charter the 1,924-teu sisters Delphis Bothnia (built 2016), Delphis Bothnia and Delphis Riga (both built 2017) for around $2,000 more than non-ice class tonnage.