Samsung Heavy wins Singapore oil tanker order

Samsung Heavy wins Singapore oil tanker order
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s third largest shipbuilder by orders, said Monday it has received an oil tanker order from a Singaporean company.

The South Korean shipbuilder said in a statement that it won the order to build a 152,700-deadweight-ton Suezmax shuttle tanker for AET Tankers Pte Ltd.

Citing a confidentiality agreement with the shipper, the company didn’t provide the contract’s value or the timeframe for the completion of AET’s request.

Samsung Heavy has so far secured US$3.7 billion won worth of orders to build 34 ships this year.



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