Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, said on Thursday that it has won a 399.9 billion won ($308 million) order to build two very large ethane carriers (VLECs) for an undisclosed Asian shipper.
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the vessels in its shipyard in Ulsan, a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province, and deliver them by the first half of 2026.
With the new order, KSOE has so far won orders for 190 vessels worth $22.82 billion, far exceeding its annual target of $17.44 billion.
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Maersk is the world's top shipping company Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said on Wednesday it has clinched a 1.62 trillion won ($1.15 billion) order to build six methanol-powered containerships for Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk.KSOE, the intermediate shipbuilding holdin
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering's LNG carrier (Courtesy of KSOE) Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has won a 1.96 trillion won ($1.5 billion) order to buil