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2022 May 18
Korean shipbuilders witness LNG carrier order surge
On 17 May, KSOE said it won a $910 million (1.17 trillion KRW) order to construct four new LNG carriers. Specifically, its units Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries will each build two 174,000 cbm ships.
The shipyards will deliver the four LNG carriers to an undisclosed Asian shipowner in March and August of 2025.
KSOE and its affiliates won orders for 95 ships this year, which is worth $11.18 billion. Therefore, it has achieved 64.1 per cent of its $17.44 billion yearly target.
On the other hand, Samsung Heavy Industries also informed it won a $671 million (862.3 billion KRW) order to build three LNG carriers for an African shipper. The shipyard will deliver these vessels in January 2026.SHI said the vessels will have equipment such as a membrane-type storage tank and a duel fuel gas engine.
With this latest one, Samsung Heavy has scored orders for 17 ships worth $2.9 billion so far this year. This is 33 per cent of its yearly order target, Yonhap News Agency reported.
2022 June 23
Existing fleet to supply a Russian exclave
A ban imposed on some goods transit through Lithuania to the Kaliningrad region and the tensions that ensued has not yet forced the Russian authorities to significantly increase seaborne traffic to the exclave. The fleet that operates on ferry route from Ust-Luga is enough, the Ministry of Transport has said. At the end of June, the Northern Shipping Company owned universal dry cargo carrier by will be added to four vessels operated by Rosmorport and Oboronlogistics Existing fleet to supply a Russian exclave