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Seaspan Corporation buys two new portacontainer from 11.000 teu
They will be rented to the MSC for 17 years
June 30, 2016
Seaspan Corporation has announced the acquisition of two new portacontainer from 11.000 teu that they are already under construction near ship yard the Philippine Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction - Philippines (HHIC-Phil) on behalf of the Greater China Intermodal Investments (GCI), joint venture participated from the same Seaspan and Carlyle Group, Blue Commerce Toilets, in its turn controlled from the main shareholder of the Seaspan, Dennis Washington, and by Tiger Management, that is controlled by the director of the Seaspan, Graham Porter.
The acquisition has a total value of 195,6 million dollars. Seaspan will assume the burden to pay about 88,1 million dollars relative to the residual installments in confronts of the ship yard which remaining part of the price of construction of the ships.
To the delivery the two portacontainer mail rental for 17 years near the shipowning group Genevan Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC will be) and - it has specified Seaspan - altogether they will produce to returns pairs to about 17,7 million dollars in the first year of exercise. The two portacontenitori new are twin of three ships that Seaspan will take in delivery the next year and that they rented to the MSC will be also.
The agreement previews that at the end of the periods of chartering MSC it is obliged to buy the two ships for a figure already established.
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