Ji-wan Nam, Gounee Yang Global Economic News KOREA Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Corp. (KSOE), the world’s biggest shipbuilder by order backlog, said Tuesday that it has received 1.67 trillion won (US$1.39 billion) worth of ship orders. KSOE obtained an order from a Europe-based shipper to build six 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container ships, the company said in a statement. The container carriers, which will be constructed at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, will be gradually delivered to the client from the first half of 2024, it said. The ships will be equipped with LNG dual-fuel engines to meet environment standards regulated by the International Maritime Organization. In other deals, KSOE said it will build one LNG carrier for an Asian shipper, with the delivery scheduled in the second half of 2024. It will also build three feeder container ships for an Oceanian client, with the delivery set in the second half of 2023. | 