Daewoo Shipbuilding wins US$2.1 bln order to build 10 vessels

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world's third-largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it has won orders valued at US$2.1 billion to build 10 vessels. The deal from a European shipping company calls on Daewoo Shipbuilding to deliver nine container ships and one drill ship by December 2011, it said in a regulatory filing.