Eimskip signs agreement for two new container vessels

(EIM) The Board of Directors of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. has approved newbuild contracts for two 2,280 TEU container vessels and a ten-year time-charter through ElbFeeder, a German affiliate of Eimskip. The vessels are intended to provide transportation services between Reykjavík, Iceland and Rotterdam, as well as Teesport in the UK, the Company’s current Blue Line.