-The shipbuilding industry’s record record for a single ship construction contract
-Achieved 65% of this year’s target of $7.8 billion
-On the 26th, the share price of Samsung Heavy Industries increased by 6% compared to the previous trading day.
Samsung Heavy Industries won orders for 20 super-sized container ships, setting a record for the shipbuilding industry in a single ship construction contract.
On the 26th, Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it had won an order for 20 15,000 TEU-class container ships for a total of 2.8 trillion won through a contract with a shipowner in Panama. This is 38.2% of the recent sales of 7.349.7 billion won.
Samsung Heavy Industries previously won orders for a total of 42 vessels, including three Suezmax-class crude oil carriers, and $5.1 billion (about 5.7 trillion won), reaching 65%, more than half of this year’s target of $7.8 billion.
According to Clarkson Research, the UK’s shipbuilding and offshore market analysis agency, Samsung Heavy Industries won 34 orders out of a total of 66 large container ships of 12,000 TEU or higher (Neo-Panamax class) ordered worldwide this year, and ranked first in market share did.
The container ship that Samsung Heavy Industries received this time is a smart ship equipped with energy saving device and next-generation smart ship solution’SVESSEL’. Ships are planned to be moved sequentially until June 30, 2025.
An official from Samsung Heavy Industries said, “As the global ordering environment improves this year, such as the recovery of offshore traffic and freight rates, the number of orders is increasing, mainly for container ships and crude oil carriers. We will do our best to achieve the order target based on our firm market dominance.” .
On the news of ship orders, the stock price of Samsung Heavy Industries continued to rise on the 26th, ending at 7240 won, up 6% from the previous trading day.
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