Döhle (IOM) Ltd has signed a 1.36 billion (USD) contract with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea – the largest of its kind in the company’s history.
It allows for the construction of four 12,600 TEU container vessels with an option to build another four.
A subsidiary of Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG, Hamburg, the contract signing ceremony took place in the Boardroom of Fort Anne, the premises of Döhle (IOM) Ltd in Douglas.
The delivery of the 366 meter long Megacarriers will be in 2011.
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