HJ Shipbuilding & Construction gets order for eco-friendly container vessels
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Korean shipyard HJ Shipbuilding & Construction said Thursday it has clinched a $240 million order to build two eco-friendly container carriers for a European shipper.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction said it will build the 7,700 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container vessels with liquefied natural gas duel-fuel engines at its shipyard in this southeastern port and deliver them to the undisclosed shipping company from late 2024.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction, formerly Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, said the contract contains an option to construct two more container carriers of the same size.
If the option goes into effect, HJ Shipbuilding & Construction's container carrier order backlog would rise to 10 ships, with the value of this year's orders reaching 800 billion won ($616 million), or more than half its yearly target.
The shipyard garnered a $150 million order to build two 5,500-TEU container carriers for a European shipper in March this year, about five months after obtaining a $261 million deal to build four container carriers for the same firm.
In April 2021, a consortium led by local builder Dongbu acquired a controlling stake in Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction from the latter's creditors led by the state-run Korea Development Bank.
Yonhap
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