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207906
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 05:56
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STX unit wins US$240 mln deal for 8 containers
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- STX Group, a South Korean shipping and shipbuilding conglomerate, said Monday that its Chinese unit has won a US$240 million deal to build 8 container vessels.
Under the deal with SEACON of Singapore, STX Dalian Shipbuilding will deliver the vessels starting from April, 2013, the group said.
The 2,000-TEU vessels are 172 meters long and 30 meters wide and will be built at the Chinese yard in Dalian, a port city in northeastern China. TEU stands for 20-foot equivalent unit.
The Chinese yard, which has an order backlog of $3.34 billion, is targeting to build more than 30 vessels annually.
Under the deal with SEACON of Singapore, STX Dalian Shipbuilding will deliver the vessels starting from April, 2013, the group said.
The 2,000-TEU vessels are 172 meters long and 30 meters wide and will be built at the Chinese yard in Dalian, a port city in northeastern China. TEU stands for 20-foot equivalent unit.
The Chinese yard, which has an order backlog of $3.34 billion, is targeting to build more than 30 vessels annually.
