Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that it signed yesterday, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to sell the 1989-built vessel Maersk Madrid for demolition, for a sale price of approximately US$8.8 million before commissions.
The vessel will be renamed to “Madrid”. The delivery to the buyers is scheduled for mid-May 2013.
Upon completion of the sale of m/v Maersk Madrid, Diana Containerships Inc.’s fleet will consist of 10 Panamax container vessels.
[mappress] Diana Containerships, April 17, 2013