Seaspan Takes Delivery of Second CMA CGM Saver

Business & Finance

Hong Kong-based containership manager and owner Seaspan Corporation has added another 10,000 TEU SAVER design containership to its fleet.

Illustration; Image Courtesy: CMA CGM

The newly built CMA CGM Cochin will commence a fixed rate time charter with French shipping major CMA CGM for a three year term with an option to extend for an additional three years.

Featuring a length of 336 meters and a beam of 48.2 meters, the boxship is the second in a series of four SAVER vessels under time charter to CMA CGM that are scheduled to deliver in the first half of 2018.

The unit was constructed at Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding and Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding.

Earlier this week, Seaspan Corporation took delivery of the first vessel from the batch, the 10,000 TEU CMA CGM Mundra.