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37085
Tue, 12/23/2008 - 12:57
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STX Shipbuilding wins US$210 mln deal for four vessels
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- STX Shipbuilding Co., South Korea's fourth-largest shipbuilder, said Tuesday that it has received a US$210 million deal to build four tanker ships.
The deal with an European shipping company calls on STX Shipbuilding to deliver
the vessels by August 2010, the company said in a regulatory filing without
identifying the name of the buyer.
Shares of STX Shipbuilding were trading at 13,700 won on the Seoul bourse as of
1:10 p.m., down 3.86 percent.
With the deal, STX Shipbuilding has won deals valued at $8.39 billion so far this
year, around 81 percent of last year's $10.4 billion. Its order backlog reached
$22 billion.
sam@yna.co.kr
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The deal with an European shipping company calls on STX Shipbuilding to deliver
the vessels by August 2010, the company said in a regulatory filing without
identifying the name of the buyer.
Shares of STX Shipbuilding were trading at 13,700 won on the Seoul bourse as of
1:10 p.m., down 3.86 percent.
With the deal, STX Shipbuilding has won deals valued at $8.39 billion so far this
year, around 81 percent of last year's $10.4 billion. Its order backlog reached
$22 billion.
sam@yna.co.kr
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