Turkey’s Medkon Lines has purchased five 966 TEU sister ships from Greek tonnage provider Contships Management in a $37.5 million en bloc deal, according to Alphaliner– The vessels – Contship Ana, Contship Max, Contship Pep, Contship Quo, and Contship Bee – were built in China between 2005 and 2007.

Alphaliner suggests that Medkon could deploy these newly acquired vessels to – 652 TEU multipurpose cargo ships in its fleet.

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Medkon currently operates 17 vessels with capacities ranging from 154 to 1,200 TEU, while Contships' fleet consists of 46 vessels.

Editor: Kemal Can Kayar