Korean Firms Win Qatar LNG Carrier Contracts
February 5, 2007
The Samsung Heavy Industries Co., has won a $1.14b deal to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
The deal from Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd. calls for Samsung Heavy to build the four carriers worth $286 million each by February 2010, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Meanwhile, the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world's third-largest shipyard, said Monday it had received a $1.22 billion order to build five LNG carriers.
The deal calls for Daewoo Shipbuilding to also supply four of the five carriers to Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd., and one to an unidentified European company.
Source: Asia Pulse
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