The container transport shipping industry is an opportunistic industry that can often remind one of a cut throat business. Containership owners are a ruthless lot at times and it seems they’re often looking around for opportunity to knock on the company doors, often at the expense of their competition in the international industry of container transport.
One New York-listed containership owner recently heard a knock on the door and opened the door to opportunity in the form of the chance to purchase a new containership at a price that according to the shipbuilding industry is a little below the price that originally would be paid for such a vessel, after another containership owner decided to cancel the order it had put in with Chinese shipyards for the containership in question. Seaspan Corp is apparently thinking about paying around $42 million according to the latest reports for the 4,250 TEU MSC Najwa and if the deal goes through shipping industry sources think they could take delivery of this new containership as early as next month.
Currently sources surrounding this affair indicate that there could be a number of bidders currently with an interest in purchasing this new containership. At present most have Seaspan Corp on the inside track though and we could see the MSC Najwa being added to their fleet of containerships in the future, once the dust settles around the bidding process.
If Seaspan Corp is able to get this deal completed the MSC Najwa will be added to their current fleet of over 20 containerships, which are currently at work around the container transport industry. Reports from around the shipping industry also have Seaspan Corp taking delivery of around 20 more large containerships in the next two years, so it seems this shipping company is preparing to ship a lot of containers in the future.