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Take two orders in two days! Samsung Heavy Industries wins another 2 LNG ship contract
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on December 22 that the company had received orders for two LNG ships from shipowners in Oceania, with a total contract value of 403.5 billion won (approximately US$365.4 million). The two new ships will be delivered before September 2024.
This is the second batch of LNG ship orders successfully undertaken by Samsung Heavy Industries in two days. On December 21, Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it had received an order for two LNG ships with a total contract value of 408.2 billion won (approximately US$371.5 million) from the shipowner in Oceania.
Including this contract, Samsung Heavy Industries has taken orders for 32 new ships this year, with a total value of US$4.8 billion, fulfilling 57% of the company's target of US$8.4 billion in operating orders this year.
A relevant person from Samsung Heavy Industries emphasized: “After entering the second half of the year, the new shipbuilding market that has been frozen due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic is gradually recovering a bit of warmth. At present, the company is negotiating with ship owners on multiple projects, and we will do our best Strive to achieve more contract signings within this year."
According to data released by Clarkson in early December, in the five months from July to November this year, global orders for new ships reached 7.5 million CGT, which has exceeded the order of 6.97 million CGT in the first half of the year, and the order momentum is gradually restore.
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