South Korea-based Samsung C&T has inked shipbuilding contracts with Hubei Offshore Engineering Equipment, a unit of Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry, for the construction of four 13,000dwt deck carriers. The four vessels will be used to transport large scale project cargoes.

Under the contract, Wuchang Shipbuilding will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the vessels. Other contract details were not unveiled.