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OOCL orders four 4,500-TEU vessels from Samsung

OOCL orders four 4,500-TEU vessels from Samsung

   Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd., parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line, has ordered four 4,500-TEU vessels from Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries, for a total $264 million.

   The first three vessels are expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2010 with the fourth scheduled for the following quarter.