Eukor Car Carriers of South Korea has placed an order for up to four pure car carriers.
The owner has signed up for two 6,600-ceu vessels plus two options at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
They are slated for delivery in the second half of 2013.
Industry sources say the newbuilding price would be around $67m each, which is more or less the same as what Oslo-listed Norwegian Car Carriers (NOCC) paid for a 6,500-ceu vessel at the same yard last year.
Market observers expect further orders for PCC newbuildings as the order backlog in the sector currently stands at just 6% of the total fleet.