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STX's bumper bulker bonanza

STX's bumper bulker bonanza

Seoul: South Korea's fourth largest shipyard, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., has won nine bulk carrier orders totaling US$260m in March alone, the company said Monday.
The company said it has won an order from Turkey's Densa AS to build two bulk carriers, and a separate order from a local shipping firm to build three bulk carriers, in addition to an order to build four bulk carriers from a Chinese firm.
STX so far this year has won orders to build a total of 17 ships amounting to $1.31bn, the shipyard added.  [23/03/10]