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JR seals $37m winning bid for four ice-class feeders
Dutch outfit JR Shipping succeeded at auction, winning a bid to buy four ice-class feeder boxships.
JR Shipping is paying $37m en bloc for the four 1,436 teu sister ships previously controlled by compatriot Navigia Group in a bank driven sale. The 2011-built Chinese boxships are the Altsterdijk, Aalderdijk, Akerdijk and Amerdijk.
Founded in 1993, JR’s fleet today includes 15 boxships, two MPPs, six OSVs, a survey vessel and a tall ship.