Seaspan orders ships for MOL

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Seaspan Corp. said it has signed contracts for the construction of four 10,000-TEU class vessels that will be chartered to MOL. The ships, to be built at the Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co. and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co. in China, are scheduled for delivery in 2014 and will be constructed using Seaspan's fuel-efficient SAVER design. As part of the deal, Seaspan has also agreed to purchase from MOL four 2003-built 4,600-TEU class vessels for de...

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