HMD has been awarded a contract to elongate two 6,000 unit PCTCs by EUKOR Car Carriers inc., based in Korea. This order follows five 6,000 unit PCTCs elongation work awarded by Wallenius lines Last year.

The signing ceremony was held at HMD's head office in Ulsan on October 7. Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard, HMD's joint-venture in Vietnam, will carry out the conversion works onto EUKOR-owned M/V Asian Empire and M/V Asian Majesty. They will be extended by 28.8m to achieve extra capacity of about 1,300 units to the existing 6,000 units.

The conversion work for each ship will start in May and July of 2006 respectively, each taking about 45 days to complete.

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