Why Seaspan Corporation Stock Just Jumped 10%

Shares of containership operator Seaspan (NYSE: SSW) are up 10% as of 2:45 p.m. EDT after the company provided investors with a "vessel update" in the form of a press release. As the company advised, it has accepted delivery an 11,000 TEU containership (i.e., a ship capable of carrying 11,000 "Twenty-foot Equivalent Units" worth of containers) called the "MSC Shuba B."Seaspan immediately leased the vessel to Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. on a 17-year charter, after the completion of which, MSC will be obligated to purchase the vessel from Seaspan outright "for a pre-determined" (but unspecified) "amount." Seaspan further advised that it has ordered five such 11,000 TEU vessels for chartering over the coming years, all destined to serve MSC.Simultaneously, Seaspan advised that it has entered into two more charters for 10,000 TEU containership vessels which will be leased to an unnamed "leading liner." These vessels, currently under construction and expected to be delivered in 2018, will embark upon three-year charters with Seaspan's customer, extendable by a further three years after completion of the initial charter.Continue reading