Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 6th that it has signed a KRW 4.57 trillion contract with a Middle East shipowner for fifteen 170,4000 ㎥ LNG carriers to be delivered by October 2028. The contract amount surpasses the company's previous record for the largest single order of KRW 3.95 trillion set by signing a newbuilding contract for 16 methanol-powered container ships last July. Samsung Heavy Industries’ cumulative contract performance for this year has now reached 17 ships* amounting to USD 3.7 billion in just over a month, representing nearly half of last year's total of USD 8.3 billion. (....)