South Korea's leading shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co said that the orders it won in the first 9 months of 2012 had dropped more than 40% as the global economic downturn curtailed demand for new ships.

In a regulatory filing, the shipbuilder said it won orders valued at USD 13.12 billion in the January to September 2012 period, down by 40.43% YoY.

Hyundai Heavy won shipbuilding orders worth KRW 5.02 billion in the first nine months of 2012, down by 53% YoY. Orders for plants, machinery and offshore facilities also dropped by more than 40% YoY.

Source - Yonhap News

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