Oslo-listed Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate the last three of 15 ships it stacked last spring during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The trio will be brought back in the third quarter, replacing capacity sourced through short-term charters.

The company continues to see reactivation as cheaper than chartering in third-party vessels.

Nine of the stacked ships are already back at work, with another three due to start sailing again in the second quarter.