Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea contracted for two 6,600-car-equivalent-unit pure car and truck carriers with Eukor Car Carriers, a car-carrier specialized shipowner.
Eukor Car is known to have placed an order for newbuilding car carrier for the first time after the Lehman Shock in 2008.
The shipowner mainly transports Korea's export cars, made by Hyundai Motor Group, etc.
Eukor Car now operates about 60 vessels, with two 6,200-ceu newbuildings, ordered at Imabari Shipbuilding of Japan slated for delivery in 2013, on the book.