New enquiries and concluding tenders for VLCCs, large containerships and gas carriers are giving South Korea’s top three shipbuilders hope that they will be able to bump up their flagging orderbooks before year-end.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is being tipped to win VLCC business for Adnoc Logistics & ­Services and the ultra-large, potentially dual-fuel boxships that Hapag-Lloyd has tendered for.