CMTC, also part of the Marinakis empire, will pay $13,800 per day for the 37,000-dwt ice-class Arionas (built 2006) until September at the earliest.
In June 2010, the ship was fixed to CMTC at $12,000 daily after coming off a charter to BP.
CPP chief executive Ioannis Lazaridis also added a brief statement about the troubles at US tanker owner OSG: "Finally, after taking into account the recent developments in Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) - one of our charterers - I would like to reiterate our commitment to $0.93