The world’s largest boxship owner has inked a $470m deal for five fuel-efficient “Saver”-design vessels at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction’s Subic Bay yard in the Philippines (HHIC-Phil). The ships will be delivered in 2017 when they will begin 17-year charters with a leading liner operator, believed to be Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), which has been linked to orders for tonnage of this size at the yard.
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Seaspan inks five 11,000-teu ships in ‘one-off transaction’
A Seaspan Corp order for five 11,000-teu ships on an unusually long-term charter is a “one-off transaction” but the owner could be ready to order half-a-dozen more 10,000-teu ships, according to chief executive Gerry Wang.
30 April 2015 0:00 GMT
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30 April 2015 0:00 GMT
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