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South Korea's STX wins $264 mln ship order

Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:44pm EST

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SEOUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - South Korea's STX Shipbuilding Co. (067250.KS) said on Friday it had secured a 245 billion won ($263.9 million) order from the Middle East to build four petrochemical products tankers.

The ship(s) would be delivered by June 20, 2011, STX said in a filing with the Korea Exchange. ($1=928.4 Won) (Reporting by Lee Jin-joo; Editing by Sei Chong)



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