Samsung Heavy Industries Co.(SHI) said Thursday that it has won a US$500 million deal to build nine 115,000 ton oil tankers for a Greek shipping company by July 2012.
SHI also said it may receive an additional order from the shipping company to build 3 more vessels.
SHI has won deals valued at US$2.5 billion so far this year, with its order backlong reaching US$42 billion. SHI aims to win orders worth US$80 billion for this year.