Seaspan takes delivery of 30th boxship
Seaspan Corp. on Monday took delivery of its 30th container ship, the 2,500-TEU CSCL Panama built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in China.
The vessel will be time chartered out for a 12-year period to China Shipping Container Lines (Asia) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Shipping Container Lines.
'We are pleased to take delivery of the CSCL Panama nearly four months ahead of schedule. This vessel is the first in a series of eight 2,500-TEU vessels to be built by Jiangsu and chartered to CSCL Asia,' said Gerry Wang, chief executive officer of Seaspan.
Seaspan's fleet of 68 containerships includes another 38 to be delivered over the next three years.
Seaspan takes delivery of 30th boxship