Hanwha Ocean CEO Kim Hee-cheul, proper, and Maran Fuel Maritime CEO Maria Angelicoussis shake arms after signing a deal for 2 liquefied pure gasoline carriers, Nov. 8. Yonhap
Main Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean stated Monday it has secured a 713.5 billion-won ($510.9 million) deal to construct two liquefied pure gasoline carriers, contributing to the corporate’s sturdy cumulative order worth, the biggest amongst Korean shipbuilders this 12 months.
The 174,000-ton vessels can be constructed at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in Geoje on the southern coast and delivered to Maran Fuel Maritime, a gasoline delivery unit of Angelicoussis Transport Group of Greece, by December 2027, in response to the corporate.
The contract additionally consists of choices for 2 further vessels, indicating potential follow-up orders, the corporate added.
Thus far this 12 months, Hanwha Ocean has bagged $7.87 billion value of orders to construct a complete of 39 vessels, far exceeding $3.5 billion for the entire of 2023.
This cumulative complete marks the best order worth achieved by any Korean shipbuilder this 12 months.
Hanwha Ocean, previously Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, set sail because the shipbuilding arm of Hanwha Group in Might final 12 months. (Yonhap)
