Rickmers Group receives 4,250-TEU ship for CMA CGM charter

Rickmers Group receives 4,250-TEU ship for CMA CGM charter Rickmers Group has taken delivery of a Chinese built 4,250-TEU container ship, Laranna Rickmers, that will go on eight-year time charter to French carrier CMA CGM.
   The vessel, to be renamed CMA CGM Purple, will be deployed on CMA CGM’s joint weekly Asia/U.S. East Coast via Panama Canal PEX1/AAE1 service with China Shipping Container Lines.
   It is the 11th vessel out of a series of 21 ordered by Rickmers from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. The German shipowner’s fleet now comprises nearly 130 vessels.