Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC) has signed for three VLGCs at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea.
The company said the big LPG carriers will cost $213.3m, according to state-run Kuwait New Agency (KUNA).
It cited KOTC CEO Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Sabah as saying delivery will be from the end of next year.
Clarksons notes hand-over dates of October 2019 and then February and May 2020.
TradeWinds reported in January a letter of intent had been signed for 84,000-cbm ships at the yard.
Sources said HHI beat shipbuilding rivals Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to the business.
KOTC also tendered for a lone VLCC newbuilding. Shipbuilding insiders said this order was expected to go to a Chinese yard, and BohaiShipbuilding is reported to have clinched the deal.
Hyundai Mipo also bagged a quartet of MR tankers.
