LONDON, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Seaspan Corporation ("Seaspan"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. ("Atlas") (NYSE: ATCO), today announced that it has entered into agreements with a major shipyard for 10 - 15,000 TEU dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) containership newbuilds (the "LNG Containerships"). The ultra-modern containerships are anticipated to begin deliveries in the first half of 2023, and upon completion will enter 12-year charters with a global liner.

伦敦，2021年2月12日/PRNewswire/ - Atlas公司(“Atlas”)(纽约证券交易所:ATCO)的全资子公司Seaspan公司(“Seaspan”)今天宣布，它已与一家主要船厂达成协议，建造10 - 15000 TEU双燃料液化天然气(LNG)集装箱船(“LNG集装箱船”)。这些超现代化的集装箱船预计将于2023年上半年开始交付，完工后将与全球班轮签订12年的租约。

Bing Chen, Chairman, President and CEO of Seaspan, commented, "We are extremely honoured to facilitate our customers industry leading environmental initiative. Our commitment to ESG principles, carbon reduction, and developing our fleet through increasingly environmental-friendly technologies is signified by our first LNG-powered investment. We are expanding the scope of our customer solutions by elevating our focus on lowering the impact of emissions, which will result from the adoption and addition of LNG-powered vessels to our fleet. As we have executed sustainability-linked financing which parallels this fleet expansion, we are resolved to contribute to a greener business community in the future. These transactions clearly demonstrate our ability to seize opportunities to develop industry-leading customer solutions and our commitment for quality growth backed by long-term committed partnerships. Seaspan will continue to lead the industry by offering our liner customers best-in-class service and creative solutions through exceptional fleet scale, an integrated platform and operational excellence."

西斯班董事长、总裁兼首席执行官陈冰表示:“我们非常荣幸能够为我们的客户提供行业领先的环保倡议。我们对ESG原则、碳减排以及通过日益环保的技术发展我们的舰队的承诺，体现在我们对lng动力的首次投资上。我们正在扩大客户解决方案的范围，提高我们对降低排放影响的关注，这将导致我们船队采用和增加lng动力船舶。由于我们已经实施了与舰队扩张相对应的与可持续发展相关的融资，我们决心在未来为更绿色的商业社区做出贡献。这些交易清楚地表明，我们有能力抓住机遇，开发行业领先的客户解决方案，并承诺在长期合作伙伴关系的支持下实现高质量增长。西斯班将继续通过卓越的船队规模、综合平台和卓越的运营，为客户提供一流的服务和创造性的解决方案，继续引领行业。”

The containerships are anticipated to be financed from additional borrowings as well as cash on hand. As of September 30, 2020, Seaspan's global fleet consisted of 127 vessels and approximately 1,073,000 TEU, with total contracted revenue of approximately $4.1 billion, and a weighted average remaining lease period of approximately 4 years. Since December 2020, and including the LNG Containerships announced today, Seaspan has announced 17 newbuild vessels, including five 12,200 TEU, two 24,000 TEU, and this announcement of ten LNG dual-fuel 15,000 TEU, which will add significant new capacity of 259,000 TEU to the fleet. Seaspan continues to enhance its fleet makeup with continued focus on its core 9,000 to 15,000 TEU size category.

集装箱船的资金预计将来自额外借款和现有现金。截至2020年9月30日，西斯班的全球船队共有127艘船舶，约107.3万TEU，合同总营收约41亿美元，加权平均剩余租期约为4年。自2020年12月以来，包括今天宣布的LNG集装箱船，西斯潘公司已宣布建造17艘新船，包括5艘12,200 TEU, 2艘24,000 TEU，以及10艘LNG双燃料15000 TEU，这将为船队增加25.9万TEU的重要新容量。西斯班继续加强其舰队的组成，继续专注于其核心的9000至15000 TEU尺寸类别。

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