A source familiar with the company confirms the move, adding that SK is scheduled to take delivery of the 84,000-cbm ship in the first quarter of 2018. The first vessel was inked at the end of 2015 and is due for delivery in the fourth quarter of next year.

SK, which is said to be paying $76m each for the duo, is understood to have booked them on the back of a more than 15-year deal at an undisclosed rate to SK Gas.

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