Seaspan adds another 13,100-TEUer to Cosco's containership fleet
SEASPAN, the Marshall Islands-registered shipowner, with major bases in Hong Kong and Vancouver, has received the 13,100-TEU Cosco Faith built by Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, expanding the Seaspan operating fleet to 67 vessels. Tuesday, 20.Mar.2012, 14:38 (GMT+3)
SEASPAN, the Marshall Islands-registered shipowner, with major bases in Hong Kong and Vancouver, has received the 13,100-TEU Cosco Faith built by Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, expanding the Seaspan operating fleet to 67 vessels.
The Cosco Faith is on charter to Cosco under a 12-year, fixed-rate time charter. The ship is the sixth of eight 13,100 TEU vessels and the 16th of a total of 18 to be chartered to Cosco.
Hyundai Heavy (HHI), the world's number one shipbuilder, leads the shipbuilding industry with 15 per cent market share, said the Seaspan statement.