Samsung Heavy Industries is estimated to be only one-third away from achieving its annual order target of $7.8bn.
The Koje-based shipyard is ahead of Hyundai Heavy Industries and DSME in winning newbuilding orders, as the domestic rivals are said to have achieved only slightly more than one-third of their sales targets. HHI is aiming for $15.9bn in fresh orders this year, while DSME’s order target is $8.37bn.
This week alone, SHI has landed two newbuildings contracts worth around $1.55bn.
In addition to sealing an order for six 23,000-teu containership newbuildings from Taiwanese liner company Evergreen Marine Corp, it scored an order for 10 LNG-fuelled aframax tankers from South Korean shipowner Sinokor Merchant Marine.
The contract value of Evergreen’s scrubber-fitted ultra-large boxship newbuildings is estimated to be around $1.76bn, based on an expected price tag of between $150m and $160m per ship.
The order for Sinokor’s crude carriers is worth around $620m.
With this week's newbuildings included, SHI has won deals worth $5.15bn so far this year, reaching 66% of its annual order target. The group has also won orders for 11 LNG carriers, one special-purpose ship, a floating production, storage and offloading vessel, two suezmax tankers, a pair of aframax tankers and one MR product carrier.
