REFILE-Update 1-Daewoo Ship wins $2.34 bln Maersk ship order
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SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co (042660.KS) said on Friday it had received a 2.44 trillion won ($2.34 billion) ship order from Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO).
Maersk said on Thursday it ordered 16 ships from Daewoo with individual capacities of 7,450 TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) and capable of carrying a record 1,700 refrigerated containers each, but did not give the value for the order. [ID:nL03535185]
The ships, for delivery by 2012, are destined for transportation of goods between the east coast of south America and Asia and Europe, according to Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line.
The order is the second for a South Korean company from the Danish firm in the last 2 weeks.
On June 25, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (009540.KS), the world's top shipbuilder, and an affiliate won announced a combined $1.6 billion order from A.P. Moller-Maersk for 18 container ships. [ID:nSEO278149]
($1=1044.5 Won)
(Reporting by Park Ju-min; Editing by Keiron Henderson)
