New Delhi, April 04, 2023: The South Korean heavyweight signed the contract with an undisclosed shipowner from Asia-Pacific. The value of the contract is KRW 674.5 billion ($517 million).
The LNG carriers are slated for delivery by November 2026, SHI said in its stock exchange filling.
Since the beginning of this year, SHI has won orders worth some $2.5 billion, or 26 percent of its 2023 target of $9.5 billion.
The company kicked off 2023 with the order for a floating LNG facility. The shipbuilder received orders of $12.2 billion and $9.4 billion respectively in 2021 and 2022, exceeding its target.