EXHIBIT 23.1
KPMG LLP
PO Box 10426 777 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver BC V7Y 1K3
Canada
Telephone (604) 691-3000
Fax (604) 691-3031
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Seaspan Corporation
We consent to the use of our reports dated March 6, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Seaspan Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 20-F, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
Our report refers to the retrospective change in the Company’s method of accounting for debt issuance costs in its year ended December 31, 2016 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chartered Professional Accountants
April 19, 2017
Vancouver, Canada
KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of
independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a
Swiss entity. KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.
