CMA CGM is paying top dollar for a short-term charter of a neo-panamax newbuilding from South Korea’s Sinokor Merchant Marine.

The French liner giant has fixed the 8,030-teu Melbourne Bridge (built 2024) for three months at “a six-digit rate”, container charter brokers said.

The vessel, scheduled for delivery this month, is the first of four newbuildings of this type under construction for Sinokor at Hyundai Heavy Industries.