# Samsung Heavy wins $749M order for 8 container ships

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order worth 820 billion won ($749.5 million) to build eight 12,000 TEU container carriers for an Asian shipping company, with delivery by May 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-02-09
- Value: $749.5M
- Status: announced
- Products: container ships
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://endata.com/companies/1440.md)

## Sources

- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/8187534), 2018-02-09: "Samsung Heavy will deliver 334-meter long and 48.4-meter wide neo-Panamax vessels by May 2021."
- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/8187534), 2018-02-09: "Samsung Heavy will deliver 334-meter long and 48.4-meter wide neo-Panamax vessels by May 2021."

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