Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering of Korea has won an order to build a total of six 1,011 teu containerships from Hong Kong-listed STIC.

SITC International Holdings said in a regulatory filing on August 14 that it ordered 1,011 teu class gearless containerships which are expected to be delivered by April 2019. The newbuilding price is said to be around $17m apiece.

“The exercise of the options and the entering into of the new shipbuilding contracts is to expand the self-owned fleet of container vessels of the group to meet the group’s operational requirements,” SITC said in a regulatory filing.

With the latest contract, SITC has a total of six feeder containerships on order at Dae Sun.

Earlier in May, SITC ordered 2+2 1,011teu containerships through a ship-owning subsidiary and two of these optional ships were exercised, while another two ships are additional orders this time around.

The first two vessels are slated for completion in 2018.