Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding receives an order for 02 Product Tankers

Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding announced on April 7 that the company signed a contract for the construction of two oil product carriers with shipowners in Asia, with a contract value of 94.3 billion won (about 77.43 million U.S. dollars). The two new ships will be delivered to the owners by December 2023. Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding said the contract value of 94.3 billion won is equivalent to 3.27% of the company’s 2021 operating income.

The contract amount is calculated based on the benchmark exchange rate of 1,212.6 won to 1 U.S. dollar on April 6, 2022, on the day the contract was signed. Although the announcement did not disclose the specifications of the two new ships, Korean industry sources said that it is likely to be the “master ship” of Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding.

Park, a researcher at Hana Financial Investment, said that at present, the number of orders for new ships held by MR-type product oil tankers in the world is only at a historical low compared with the fleet capacity. The proportion of old ships is increasing rapidly, and orders for the replacement of new ships will increase significantly. It is expected that by 2024, older ships of the MR type product tanker will account for 60% of the fleet.

As a shipbuilding subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding has long been ranked No. 1 in the world in the construction of medium-sized oil/chemical tankers by virtue of its strong strength. The medium-sized product oil/chemical tankers built by the company were selected for Korea’s “World-Class Commodities” list as early as 2003. (Wang Chu)

Source: eworldship

现代尾浦造船获2艘成品油船订单

现代尾浦造船4月7日发布公告称，该公司与亚洲地区船东签订了2艘成品油运输船的建造合同，合同金额为943亿韩元（约合7743万美元）。这2艘新船将在2023年12月之前交付船东。

现代尾浦造船表示，这份合同的金额943亿韩元相当于该公司2021年营业收入的3.27%。这一合同金额是按照合同签订当天，即2022年4月6日1212.6韩元兑1美元的基准汇率计算的。

尽管公告并未披露这2艘新船的规格，但韩国业界人士表示，很可能是现代尾浦造船的“当家船型”5万载重吨级MR型成品油船。

韩亚金融投资研究员朴武贤表示，目前全球MR型成品油船手持新船订单量与船队运力相比仅处于历史低位，老旧船舶比重正在快速增加，想要更换为新船的订单将大幅增加。预计到2024年，MR型成品油船的老旧船舶在船队中所占的比重将达到60%。

作为现代重工集团的造船子公司，现代尾浦造船凭借着雄厚的实力，长期稳居中型成品油/化学品运输船建造世界第一的位置。该公司建造的中型成品油/化学品船早在2003年就入选了韩国“世界一流商品”名录。（王楚）

来源：国际船舶网