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S.Korea's Daewoo wins $645 mln ship order

Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:10pm EST

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SEOUL, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (042660.KS), the world's third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won a 606.1 billion won ($644.8 million) order to build a drillship for an unidentified company in Oceania.

Daewoo said in a filing with the Korea Exchange that it finalised the contract, which is part of the combined $3 billion order announced on Thursday to build four ships for three different companies. [ID:nSEL000250]

Daewoo said it would deliver the ship by July 2011. ($1=940.0 Won) (Reporting by Lee Jin-joo; Editing by Sei Chong)



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