Seaspan Acquires Eighth 14000 TEU Vessel

By Joseph R. Fonseca
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) announced today that it accepted delivery of a 14000 TEU containership, the YM Width. The new containership, which was constructed at CSBC Corporation, Taiwan ("CSBC") is Seaspan's eighth 14000 TEU SAVER design containership and fourth delivery in 2016.

This is the second 14000 TEU vessel using Seaspan's fuel-efficient SAVER design constructed at CSBC.

The YM Width will commence a ten-year, fixed-rate time charter with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. ("Yang Ming"). Yang Ming may extend the charter for up to an additional two years.

The ship is the eighth of a total of nine 14000 TEU SAVER design vessels to be chartered to Seaspan by Yang Ming. The delivery of the YM Width expands the Company's operating fleet to 89 vessels.

 

Categories: Shipbuilding Environmental Container Ships Vessels Mergers & Acquisitions

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