Samsung Heavy Secures Order for 10 Container Ships

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order from Taiwan's Evergreen Group to build ten 8,000 TEU container vessels, the shipbuilder said Wednesday.
The US$1.03 billion deal follows an order placed by Evergreen in early July also for ten container vessels of the same size. "This is the first time that we've received orders for 20 vessels from the same customer in the same year," a Samsung spokesperson said. Japan-based NYK Line is building a new slurry tanker for shipments of New Zealand iron sands to China and Japan. NYK and New Zealand Steel Mining Ltd the local face of BlueScope, the former BHP conglomerate which controls the Glenbrook steel mill -- have agreed to extend their current contract for an additional 15 years for the transport of iron sand from New Zealand to China and Japan, NYK said in a statement. Three vessels built by Armstrong Marine and fitted with SeaFury SF26 drives were launched in the United States. The 'Nanuq' is a 11.5-metre by 4.8-metre welded aluminium catamaran launched April 2010 and operates as a whale watching vessel off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada. She is licensed to carry 33 passengers weighs 13 tons and operates at 34 knots.

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