South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has won orders to build six LNG carriers worth $1.13bn in business linked to charters with energy major Shell.

The yard said four of the vessels will be delivered to a European shipowner.

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Industry sources named Norway's Knutsen OAS Shipping as the owner behind this quartet.