LONDON, July 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the "Company") announced today that it has agreed to a new time charter with Sea Consortium Pte Limited, doing business as X-Press Feeders, for its 1997-built, 4,113 TEU vessel, Ville d'Orion. The charter, which commenced today, is at a gross charter rate of $8,000 per day and is for a period of between six and twelve months, at charterer's option.
Ian Webber, Chief Executive Officer of Global Ship Lease, commented, "We are pleased to have fixed the Ville d'Orion on this charter, extending our commercial relationship with a high-quality carrier in Sea Consortium / X-Press Feeders and ensuring that all of our fleet is now secured on charters. As we are actively pursuing opportunities to utilize our investment capacity to expand our fleet through accretive acquisitions, we also remain focused on increasing our contracted revenue stream, diversifying our charter portfolio, and creating value for our shareholders."
About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a containership charter owner. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under long-term, fixed rate charters to top tier container liner companies.
Global Ship Lease owns 17 vessels with a total capacity of 66,349 TEU with an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, at June 30, 2014 of 10.3 years. All 17 vessels are currently fixed on time charters, 15 of which are with CMA CGM. The average remaining term of the charters is 6.2 years or 7.3 years on a weighted basis, excluding Ville d'Aquarius and Ville d'Orion.
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