Samsung Heavy Wins $955M in Deals to Build LNG Ships, Drillship

Published Sep 3, 2013 8:11 AM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Monday it won an order worth 446.5 billion Korean won ($402.23 million) to build two liquefied natural gas ships by March 2017 for Flex LNG Ltd .

Samsung also said it won a separate deal from an unidentified shipper in Oceania to manufacture one drillship by December 2015 worth 610.3 billion won.

($1 = 1110.0500 Korean won)

Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin (C) Reuters 2013.

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