Seaspan takes delivery of 10,000-TEU MOL Benefactor, 9th in SAVER class
HONG KONG administered Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of the 10,000-TEU MOL Benefactor, from Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co Ltd.
The vessel is Seaspan's ninth 10,000-TEU SAVER designed ship and its first delivery in 2016. This is the 18th 10,000 TEU vessel using Seaspan's fuel-efficient SAVER design.
The ship will commence an eight-year, fixed-rate time charter with Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). It is the last of five 10,000-TEU SAVER design vessels to be chartered by Seaspan to MOL.
With this delivery, Seaspan will have nine vessels chartered to MOL. The delivery of the MOL Benefactor expands the company's operating fleet to 86 vessels.
Seaspan's managed fleet consists of 118 containerships totalling 935,000 TEU, including 17 newbuilding containerships on order scheduled for delivery to Seaspan and third parties by the end of 2017.
Seaspan's current operating fleet of 86 vessels has an average age of six years and average remaining lease period of five years, on a TEU weighted basis.
HONG KONG administered Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of the 10,000-TEU MOL Benefactor, from Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co Ltd.
The vessel is Seaspan's ninth 10,000-TEU SAVER designed ship and its first delivery in 2016. This is the 18th 10,000 TEU vessel using Seaspan's fuel-efficient SAVER design.
The ship will commence an eight-year, fixed-rate time charter with Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). It is the last of five 10,000-TEU SAVER design vessels to be chartered by Seaspan to MOL.
With this delivery, Seaspan will have nine vessels chartered to MOL. The delivery of the MOL Benefactor expands the company's operating fleet to 86 vessels.
Seaspan's managed fleet consists of 118 containerships totalling 935,000 TEU, including 17 newbuilding containerships on order scheduled for delivery to Seaspan and third parties by the end of 2017.
Seaspan's current operating fleet of 86 vessels has an average age of six years and average remaining lease period of five years, on a TEU weighted basis.