SEASPAN accepted delivery of one 4,250 TEU newbuild from Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co worth US$43 million while finalising terms of a two-year time charter for the vessel at $20,000 per day to United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) operating in six Arab states.
The vessel was purchased on existing credit facilities from the sale of $26 million of Series B non-convertible perpetual preferred shares issued to Jaccar Holdings Limited, an investor related to Zhejiang Shipbuilding
Co Ltd.
The vessel expanded its contracted fleet to 69 and is its first newbuild acquisition since late 2007, said Seaspan CEO Gerry Wang. "Concurrently, we have separately secured $26 million in new equity on favourable terms, further strengthening our capital structure."
Vancouver-based Seaspan's contracted fleet of 69 containerships consists of 51 in operation and 18 to be delivered over the next two years.
Seaspan's operating fleet of 51 vessels has an average age of four years and an average remaining charter period of seven. All 18 ships to be delivered to Seaspan are already committed to long-term time charters
averaging 12 years from delivery.
Seaspan's customer base consists of eight of the world's largest lines, including CSCL, Maersk, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, Cosco Lines, "K" Line, CSAV, and UASC.
Source : HKSG, 07.06.10.
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