Two analysts played down the threatened impact of Hanjin Shipping’s impasse with creditors on US-listed shipowners Seaspan and Navios Maritime Partners.

Seaspan should face minimal impact from the situation, a Stifel analyst said today.

Analyst Benjamin Nolan said New York-listed Seaspan will not take a major hit even though it has three post-panamax containerships on charter to the South Korean operator.

Desirable ships

“The vessels’ larger size of 10,000 teu and their relatively young age of about 2.3