South Korean shipbuilder DSME broke its own record for the value of newbuildings signed in a single day this week with the signing of contracts for the nine high-value vessels worth over $2.8bn for the Yamal LNG project.

As tipped by TradeWinds last week, Teekay paired with CNOOC-China Merchants joint venture China LNG Shipping (Holdings) CLNG, to ink contracts for six 172,410-cbm Arc7 ice-breaking LNG carriers at a long-awaited ceremony in Seoul on Tuesday.

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