Swiss-headquartered container line MSC is set to increase its owned fleet by six according to broking reports.

Clarksons, Allied and data firm VesselsValue are all reporting that MSC has bought six post-Panamax boxships from Germany’s Zeaborn in an en bloc deal worth around $158m.

The vessels are the Hyundai Samho-built (2006) 8,200 teu ER Tianping, ER Tianshan, ER Tokyo and ER Texas along with the Hyundai Ulsan-built (2004) 7,849 teu pair ER Vancouver and ER Yokohama.

All of the vessels, except ER Tianping, are already on charter to MSC according to Alphaliner.