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Samsung Heavy nets first LNG carrier order in 2025

By LNG Prime Staff
Samsung Heavy nets first LNG carrier order in 2025
For illustration only (Image: Samsung Heavy Industries)

South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier order in 2025. Samsung Heavy said on Monday that it will build the LNG carrier for an unidentified owner in Oceania. The shipbuilder will deliver the LNG carrier by June 2027. The order has a price tag of 379.6…

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