Rickmers to acquire 4 new vessels

Rickmers Maritime of Germany has signed an agreement to acquire another four 4,250 TEU container vessels. This is on top of its recently-announced acquisition of four 13,100 TEU vessels.

Together, the new vessels will increase Rickmers Maritime’s total contracted fleet capacity by 170% to 110,310 TEU. Polaris Shipmanagement will manage the building of the four vessels in China at the Yangzijiang Holdings shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for 2009.