Apart from the huge investment plan in tanker newbuildings, d'Amico Group of Italy has just added a third containership to the fleet of the fully owned company d'Amico Dry Maroc.

The Italian shipping company confirmed, "The ship renamed Cielo di Rabat has been purchased for some $7m." The vessel will be deployed on a feeder service linking several South European ports with all the major hubs in Morocco.

Former owner of the ship (ex name Santa Giorgina) was the Hamburg-based Santa Giorgina Offen Reederei GmbH & Co.

D'Amico Dry Maroc provides a full range of feedering services in the western Mediterranean. Specializing in the provision of domestic services between the Moroccan ports of Agadir, Tangier-Med and Casablanca, the company now has three small boxships under the Moroccan flag.