The French liner giant, which employs the containership owner’s entire fleet of 17 vessels, has given notice that it willhand back the duo at the end of March when their deals expire.

GSL earns $7,000 per day for the 4,113-teu Ville d’Orion (built 1997) and Ville d’Aquarius (built 1996) having taken a huge pay cut from$9,962 daily the last time it renewed the charters, in order to keep thememployed.