Hi cokl

yes,MSC has a better situation in that matter, old ships are usually paid and therefore
cheaper to keep running.
In another comment it was mentioned no negative entries in PSC checks,, that,s the
reason whay these old ships are sailed in areas like Colombia/Panama/Venezuela
because even with bad maintenance usually ships still can keep sailing.
But he is right when he says they are strong ships,,, surely much better constructed then todays paper boxes what they calling container ships, and I sailed some builded 2004 until 2008,,, NEVER again,,, they falling apart while you look on it,,special those chinese scrap what they calling ships
rgds
capt ted