Ulsan-based shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won an order for the construction of three gas carriers worth a total of KRW166.5bn (US$140m).

The order has been placed by an undisclosed European shipping company and includes construction of two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers and one liquefied ethylene gas (LEG) carrier.

According to Hyundai Mipo, the newly ordered trio is scheduled for delivery by the end of October 2017.