State-owned Saudi Aramco has awarded South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering a contract to construct six large oil tankers. No value was given for the deal. The first will have a capacity of 218,000 tons and will be delivered in Q1 2008. (Source: www.ameinfo.com)
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