By Lee Ji-eun
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a Korean shipbuilder, said Monday that it has won a 800 billion won ($713 million) deal to build four supply ships for Britain’s Royal Navy.
Under the contract with the British Ministry of Defense, Daewoo will deliver the vessels by 2015, the company said in a statement.
The four 37,000-ton vessels, each 200 meters long and 28 meters wide, will be run by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and provide Royal Navy ships around the world with fuel, ammunition and other supplies.
“It is important that Daewoo has become the first foreign manufacturer to export naval ships to Britain, which is a traditional maritime power,” said Nam Sang-tae, president of Daewoo Shipbuilding. “This means that Daewoo has reached world class level in naval ships as well as conventional merchant ships and marine structures.”
Daewoo won an order worth 1.3 trillion won from Indonesian to build three navy submarines last year.
So far, Daewoo Shipbuilding has won $3.5 billion worth of contracts, 32 percent of the targeted goal of $11 billion for the year.
The writer is a Korea Times intern.