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By Mike Wackett
Non-operating containership owner Seaspan Corporation has placed a further newbuild order with an Asian shipyard for six 15,000 teu ships.
It will take its orderbook in the past six months to a colossal 45 vessels with a combined capacity of 700,000 teu.
The scrubber-fitted newbuilds will be delivered in the first two quarters of 2024 and will then “enter long-term charters with a leading global liner customer”, said Seaspan.
The name of the customer was not disclosed, but its recent newbuild orders with ...
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