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Undersigned today to Seul the order of IRISL to HHI for the construction of ten ships
Agreement for the development of shipbuilding the naval Iranian
December 9, 2016
Today Iran has undersigned the first order of shipbuilding regarding a foreign company from when the agreement has taken effect at the beginning of this year on the nuclear Iranian with the consequent cessation of the economic endorsements taxes from the EU, the USA and the Security Council of the UN. Draft of a contract of the value of about 650 million dollars signed to Seul from the company of navigation Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with the South Korean navalmeccanico group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of ten ships, between which four portacontainer of the ability to 14.500 teu and six product/chemical carrier of the ability to 49.000 gross capacities in tons. The contract would include options for ulterior constructions.
The ships will be realized in the yards of Ulsan of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and will be delivered beginning from the third trimester of 2018. The portacontainer 366 meters and wide will be long 48,2 meters, while the tankers will be long 183 meters and wide 32,2 meters.
Besides the contract, that it is the final outcome of begun negotiations in December 2015, agreements so that are tightened the South Korean group, on sollicitation of the IRISL, collaborates with the naval constructors Iranians for the development of the national yards.
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