LONDON, Feb. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Ship Leasing Hong Kong Investment Co., Ltd (HK-GSL), Inc. (NYSE:GSL), a containership charter owner, today announced that it has agreed to an extension of its charter with OOCL for the OOCL Qingdao, a 2004-built, 8,063 TEU containership. The extension commences in direct continuation of the current charter with effect from March 11, 2018, at a fixed rate of $14,000 per day. Earliest redelivery is now January 1, 2019, with latest redelivery March 15, 2019 (at charterer’s option).