Korean shipbuilding’Big 3’won an order of 5 trillion won for 3 days for LNG carriers and container ships (2 total reports)

Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding, won a total of 16 vessels 2.4 trillion won… Samsung Heavy Industries also contracted 8 LNG carriers

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering wins last minute order for 6 container ships… “Even the coronavirus evaluation”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Bo-kyung = Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a Korean’Big 3’shipbuilder[009540]And Samsung Heavy Industries[010140], Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received large orders for LNG carriers and container ships for three days, resulting in a total of over 5 trillion won.

It is evaluated that these companies, which suffered from a severe’order drought’ in the first half of this year, were well behind in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, announced on the 23rd that it has signed contracts to build a total of three LNG carriers with shipping companies in Bermuda and Panama.

The contract size is 6122 billion won.

LNG carrier of Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
LNG carrier of Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

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Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding has won 9 LNG carrier orders over the past three days from the 21st and signed a contract worth KRW 1.83 trillion.

On the 21st, adding a container ship, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, a petrochemical product carrier (PC ship), and seven vessels for 582 billion won totaled 2.4 trillion won in orders over three days.

Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering received a total of 116 vessels ($10 billion) this year through this contract, achieving 91% of its annual target ($11 billion).

In particular, this month alone, they showed the back feeling of signing a total of 28 vessels (3.6 billion dollars).

Samsung Heavy Industries also announced on the day that it has won orders for four LNG carriers worth 815 billion won from shipowners in Africa.

For three days, Samsung Heavy Industries has won orders for a total of eight LNG carriers (1.6 trillion won).

In addition, it increased the cumulative order performance to $5.5 billion, recording 65% of the annual order target ($8.4 billion).

LNG carrier built by Samsung Heavy Industries
LNG carrier built by Samsung Heavy Industries

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Shipbuilding industry officials said that the LNG carrier, which the two companies received a total of 17 orders over three days, is highly likely to be the order of the Mozambique LNG project conducted by Total France.

Another’big 3′, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, also held a’jackpot’ at the last minute.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering announced that it has won orders for 6 ultra-large LNG-powered container ships for 1.83 trillion won from European ship owners.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received orders for a total of 32 vessels ($5.4 billion) including 6 LNG carriers, 10 container ships, and 7 VLCCs, raising the target achievement rate to 75% this year.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, World-Class Product Awards
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, World-Class Product Awards

(Seoul = Yonhap News) On the 16th, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering announced on the 16th that it was selected as the Korea Technology Awards, World-Class Product, and the Top 10 Machine Technology of the Year, and received an external technology award in succession. The photo shows a 24,000 TEU-class ultra-large container ship of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, selected as a world-class product. 2020.12.16
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The number of ships that the’Big 3’company has received for three days from the 21st is a total of 30 vessels, with a total contract amount exceeding 5 trillion KRW.

LNG carriers and ultra-large container ships with high ship prices are mostly, so the contract amount has also increased.

An official from the shipbuilding industry said, “In the first half, orders tend to be concentrated in the second half of the year, but especially this year, large contracts were focused on the end of the year.” “I said.

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