Maersk Line has sold a 1999-built feeder ship for scrap, joining several other liner operators that have begun shedding older tonnage as the freight market corrects to pre-Covid-19 levels.
Brokers said that the 1,092 TEU Maersk Aberdeen was demolished in Alang, India, on 2 February, after being sold to a Malaysian buyer, Accurate International, in January, on an “as is” basis in Jebel Ali, UAE.
Star Asia Shipbroking stated that Maersk Aberdeen’s scrap price was US$2.78 million, below its...