Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Secures 3 Additional PC Vessels... Achieves 22.7 Trillion KRW Annual Target in 6 Months
A sea trial of a PC ship built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. Photo by Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has secured an additional order for three petrochemical product carriers (PC vessels), achieving its annual order target ahead of schedule.
On the 10th, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering announced that it signed a construction contract for three PC vessels with shipping companies based in Europe and Africa on the 8th. The total order amount is 250.7 billion KRW.
The PC vessels ordered this time are 115,000-ton class. They will be built at Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding and are scheduled to be delivered sequentially from the second half of 2024 to the first half of 2025.
With this contract, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has secured a total of 140 vessels worth 17.52 billion USD (approximately 22.776 trillion KRW) so far this year, exceeding the annual target of 17.44 billion USD (approximately 22.672 trillion KRW).
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Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering's orders by vessel type include 79 container ships, 9 PC vessels, 2 tankers, 4 bulk carriers, 34 LNG carriers, 2 LPG carriers, 2 pure car and truck carriers (PCTC), 2 roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ships, and 6 special-purpose vessels.
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