Hyundai Heavy Industries wins $1.2bln shipbuilding order in GreeceJuly 3, 2012 - 12:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, said on Tuesday, July 3 it had won a $1.2 billion order to build 10 huge container ships for a Greece-based company, AFP reports. "These orders are noteworthy considering the current sluggish shipbuilding market," the South Korean company said in a statement. "We expect some orders to be realized in the second half to help achieve this year's order target." But the deal still leaves the company far short of its ambitious target of new orders for this year. Hyundai Heavy has won orders totalling $6.13 billion so far this year including the latest order, a spokesman told AFP. Its 2012 target is $24 billion, up from last year's $20.1 billion. The company said the 10 container ships, each capable of carrying 13,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers, would be delivered to the Greek shipowner, whose name was not disclosed, by the second half of 2014. Evergreen Marine Corp. would charter the mega-ships. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |