The CSCL Long Beach was built by Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea and was delivered to Seaspan Ship Management on July 5, 2007, approximately eight weeks ahead of its contractual delivery date. The CSCL Long Beach is chartered to China Shipping Container Lines. The CSCL Long Beach is the 14th vessel of 22 vessels to be chartered from Seaspan by CSCL and is on charter for twelve years. The vessel is currently in service on the Asia to Europe trade route, via the Suez Canal.