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Daesun Shipbuilding News

20 Dec 2017

MPC Acquires Two Vessels

Oslo-based boxship owner MPC Container Ships has agreed two more secondhand purchases. "MPC Container Ships ASis pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements to acquire “Annika” and “Antigoni”, two 987 and 1,049 TEU vessels built in 2008 at Daesun Shipbuilding, South Korea," said a press statement from the company. The total purchase price for the two vessels is USD 16.1m. Physical takeover of the vessels is expected to take place in January 2018, lifting the fleet of the Company to 41 vessels. Ten days ago, MPC entered into agreements to acquire “Vilana” (tbn “AS Cleopatra”), “Cap Pasado” (tbn “AS Christiania”) and “Cap Blanche” (tbn “AS Carlotta”), three 2,742 TEU vessels built in 2006 at Aker MTW Werft, Germany. The total purchase price for the three vessels is USD 31.9m.

11 Sep 2006

Midsized Korean Shipbuilders on the Rise

While shipbuilding giants such as Hyundai, Samsung and Daewoo are devouring orders for ultra-large vessels with unmatched technology, midsized shipbuilders are expanding facilities and revving up exports to beat Chinese and Japanese counterparts. Seven Korean shipbuilders managed to dominate the world's top posts in terms of order backlogs thanks to years of technological development and lavish investment on facility expansion. Despite the drop in containership demand this year, they are still flourishing as high oil prices led to increased orders for liquefied natural gas carriers - the most profitable freighters - and costly offshore engineering facilities to drill oil from sea beds.