Seoul, Nov. 25 -- HD Hyundai Co. has secured a major container ship order worth 2.13 trillion won (USD 1.45 billion) from South Korean shipping firm HMM Co., marking its strongest performance in the segment in 18 years, as per a report by Pulse, the English service of Maeil Business News Korea.

According to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai's shipbuilding operations, the deal includes "eight 13,400-twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ships". Two of these vessels will be built at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., and six at HD Hyundai Samho Co. Deliveries are planned sequentially through the first half of 2029.

This order pushes HD Hyundai's total container ship bookin...