[Yonhap News Agency/ April 17, 2024] Hanwha Ocean said on April 17 in a regulatory filing that it clinched a 176.4-billion-won ($127 million) order to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier for a shipper based in the Americas.

Hanwha Ocean will build the vessels at its shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, on the south coast for delivery to the undisclosed shipping company by the first quarter of 2027, the company said.

So far this year, Hanwha Ocean has bagged $3.39 billion worth of orders to build 12 liquefied natural gas carriers, two very large crude carriers, two ammonia carriers and one LPG carrier. It garnered orders worth $4.1 billion for the whole of 2023.