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ZIM signs a $1.5 billion deal with Seaspan to rent ten 7,000 teu container carriers
The ships, taken over between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the whole of 2024, will be powered by LNG
July 6, 2021
ZIM will take over the ten 7,000-teu ships between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the whole of 2024.
The chairman and CEO of the company explained why ZIM, instead of resort to the new construction market as they are currently repeatedly doing other primary shipping companies containerised world, prefers to increase the fleet with ships long-term rentals: Eli Glickman specified that through its further agreement with Seaspan, ZIM strengthens its fleet with the aim of pursuing its own long-term strategy, a strategy - he pointed out - that is based on a "core" fleet and that at the same time provides for in ensuring an operational elasticity with respect to the number of of ships operated by the company as a whole.
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