Seaspan Corp has put pen to paper for six container ship newbuildings at a shipyard under the control of China State Shipbuilding Corp’s (CSSC).

The tonnage supplier has inked a renminbi (RMB) newbuilding contract with Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for the series of boxships.

News of Seaspan planning to order six 13,600-teu boxship newbuildings was first reported in TradeWinds in May this year.