SEOUL (Dow Jones)–STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. (067250.SE) said Friday a European shipper has placed an order for a liquefied natural gas carrier at KRW230.7 billion ($207 million), which is an amendment to a previous order to build two bulk ships for KRW214.1 billion. .
The LNG ship will be delivered to the shipper by February 2015, said a spokesman for STX Group, who didn’t identify the client’s name.
-By Kyong-Ae Choi, Dow Jones Newswires
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