Fifth 10,000-TEU containership is received by Seaspan

HONG KONG-administered Seaspan has taken delivery of a 10,000-TEU containership, the MOL Brightness, built by Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co.

The new containership is built in accordance with the company's fuel-efficient SAVER design, and is the fifth vessel of this size and design type scheduled for delivery in 2014.

The newbuilding will commence an eight-year, fixed-rate time charter with MOL. She is the second of a total of five 10,000 TEU SAVER design vessels, and the eighth of a total of 11 vessels, to be chartered by Seaspan to MOL.

The new addition brings the company's operating fleet to 76 vessels.