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Rickmers and Seaspan are equipped of new portacontainer of large-capacity
the German company has bought three ships from 9.300 teu. The society of Hong Kong has taken in delivery an unit from 14.000 teu and from 10.000 teu
April 1, 2015
The shipowning society German Rickmers Reederei has announced today the purchase of three new portacontainer from 9.300 teu with a total investment pairs to about 260 million dollars. The three ships are currently under construction near South Korean STX. The first two units will be taken in delivery within the next ones are and third in February 2016.
Rickmers has already agreed the chartering in the long term of the three new portacontainer with the French company CMA CGM, agreement - the German society has announced - that will yield to Rickmers returns for a total of about 200 million dollars.
"The market - the managing director of the Rickmers group has explained, Ignace Van Meenen - demands great efficient ships from the point of view of the consumption of fuel to the aim to diminish the costs for slot, that is the costs for single transported container, to a sustainable level".
While also the fleet of the Seaspan Corporation has become rich of portacontenitori new of large-capacity. The company of Hong Kong in fact has taken in delivery Yang Ming Wish, a new constructed ship from 14.000 teu from the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) that it is before the six portacontainer from 14.000 teu of the Saver series of which Seaspan in the course of 2015 will be equipped, all rented for ten years to the company of taiwanese navigation Yang Ming.
Moreover Seaspan has taken in delivery a new portacontainer from 10.000 teu, MOL Beacon, that it is constructed by the Chinese ship yard Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co. The ship is the seventh unit of the series of ten portacontainer from 10.000 teu of the Saver series that will enter to take part of the fleet of Seaspan and is rented for eight years to the Japanese company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).
With these new incomes the consistency of the fleet of Seaspan Corporation is gone up to 79 portacontenitori.
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