Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering , the shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group , said Tuesday it has won a 90 - billion - won ( $ 75 - million ) order to build two petrochemical carriers . The two 50 , 000 - ton vessels will be built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard , a subsidiary of Korea Shipbuilding , starting October this year , and they will be delivered to a European company by the second half of 2021 , Korea Shipbuilding said in an emailed statement . The deal includes an option to build an additional petrochemical carrier , the company said . Korea Shipbuilding has bagged orders to build 19 petrochemical ships so far this year . The shipbuilder clinched deals to build 40 petrochemical carriers last year . Yonhap