Greeks order four ships
July 17 (LNGJ) - South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said it received an order amounting to US$745 million to build four liquefied natural gas carriers for a Greek shipping group, according to a filing with the Korean Stock Exchange. The world's biggest shipbuilder by sales said it obtained the order to build four LNG carriers for the Greek-owned Marinakis Capital Gas Carrier Corp. The vessels are to be completed by the end of June 2021. HHI said that in the January-June period it had received orders worth $2.87 billion. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, the second-largest Korean shipbuilder, said earlier in July that it received an order from Greek LNG fleet owner Maran Gas Maritime for a vessel with capacity of 173,400 cubic metres for delivery in the first half of 2021. DSME said it had received US$3.4Bln of orders for 27 vessels of all categories so far in 2018.
