According to aregulatory filing CMA CGM has formally asked the US-listed containership ownerto line out two new place settings at a table that currently includes room forfour.

If the requestis approved the French carrier, which controls roughly 43% of the operator’sshares, plans to choose the nominees but did not say who it would like toappoint.

In a statementissued later that day GSL said it “looks forward to continuing its discussions with CMA CGM regardingtheir involvement at the board level”.

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