STX moves into VLOC sector

28.03.2008 10:19

South Korean builder STX Shipbuilding announced the receipt of an order for the construction of its first two 320,000-dwt very large ore carriers.

STX Shipbuilding moves into VLOC sector

South Korean builder STX Shipbuilding announced the receipt of an order for the construction of its first two 320,000-dwt very large ore carriers.

U.K.-based Zodiac Maritime is thought to have placed the orders. To be delivered by December 2011, the ships are priced at $125 million apiece.

STX has now become the seventh builder in the world to construct VLOCs of more than 300,000 dwt.

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