French liner operator CMA CGM is said to have sold the 8,238-teu CMA CGM Vivaldi (built 2004) for $50m, with a time charter back for three years, say brokers.
The vessel has been on the market for 18 months with the seller looking to charter it back for three to five years at $27,500 per day, or $20,000 bareboat charter.
The last containerships of this size to be sold were the 7,943-teu Archimedes and Agamemnon (both built 2007), which went for a similar price in 2012 but were younger and obtained a higher charter rate of $34,000 per day over three years.
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