Two more boxships join Seaspan
11 Mar 2010
Hong Kong based Seaspan Corporation announced the delivery of its 44th and 45th vessels, the Guayaquil Bridge and the COSCO Japan.
The 2,500 teu Guayaquil Bridge, delivered on 5 March, was built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China and is on charter to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. ("K-Line") of Japan. The Guayaquil Bridge is the first of seven Seaspan vessels to be chartered to K-Line.
The 8,500 teu COSCO Japan, which was constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea, was also delivered on 5 March and is on charter to COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. ("COSCON") of China under a twelve-year time charter. It is the third of eighteen vessels to be chartered by Seaspan to COSCON.
