SHI delivers 9,600 TEU ship to Seaspan ahead of time

Seaspan Corporation announced the delivery of its 24th vessel, the CSCL Zeebrugge. This 9,600 TEU vessel, which was built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (SHI), was delivered approximately eleven weeks ahead of its contractual delivery date.

The CSCL Zeebrugge is chartered to China Shipping Container Lines (Asia) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd., for twelve years. This is the 13th vessel of 22 vessels to be chartered to CSCL Asia by Seaspan.

“We are pleased to take delivery of the CSCL Zeebrugge, the largest vessel in our fleet and one of the largest containerships in the world,”said Gerry Wang, Chief Executive Officer of Seaspan.“Once again, SHI has exceeded our expectations by delivering the vessel well in advance of its contractual delivery date.”

Seaspan has a fleet of 24 containerships chartered to some of the world's largest liner companies, including A.P. Moller-Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, COSCO Container Lines, and China Shipping. Seaspan's order book will see 17 more ships delivered over the next three years or so.