Daewoo Shipbuilding wins deals worth $1.6 bln

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world's third-largest shipbuilder, said Friday that it has won deals to build three vessels valued at a combined $1.6 billion. According to Yonhap News, one of the deals with an American firm calls on Daewoo Shipbuilding to deliver two drill ships by March 2012, the company said in a statement.
Another American company placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding to build a semi-submersible ship by the end of 2011, it said.
On Thursday, Daewoo Shipbuilding said it also won a $300 million order from Italy's Messina to build four vessels that can carry containers or vehicles.