South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries won an order for 4,500-teu newbuilding trio.
HI Investment & Securities booked the vessels and two of the three ships were already financed through a local ship fund.
The boxships will be constructed at Hyundai Samho for delivery in 2013.
They will be chartered out to Hanjin Shipping for seven years.
HI Investment & Securities has done 21-ship newbuilding investment projects after it was acquired by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2008.