I-Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., indawo yesithathu ngobukhulu eSouth Korea, izowina i-oda layo lokuqala lokwakha umkhumbi ohamba ngezikebhe, kusho imithombo yemboni ngoLwesibili.

Ngokwemithombo, umakhi wemikhumbi usezingxoxweni nenkampani yaseGreece mayelana nalesi sivumelwano, esilinganiselwa ku-US$ 600 million.

“Izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka… ngeke sikwazi ukunikeza eminye imininingwane ngakho,” kusho isikhulu senkampani.

I-Daewoo Shipbuilding, uma iwina isivumelwano, izoba yindawo yakamuva yemikhumbi yaseNingizimu Korea ukuze ithole inzuzo enkulu yebhizinisi lokwenza umkhumbi.

NgoNovemba, i-STX Europe AS, iyunithi yaseYurophu ye-STX Group yaseNingizimu Korea, yanikezela ngomkhumbi omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ku-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Lo mkhumbi, oqanjwe ngokuthi i-Oasis of the Seas, ungumkhumbi omkhulukazi emhlabeni wonke okwazi ukuthwala abagibeli abangu-6,360 nabasebenzi abangu-2,100.

Ngenyanga edlule, iSamsung Heavy Industries Co., okuyindawo yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, nayo yathi iwine i-oda lika-$1.1 billion wokwakha umkhumbi wokuhamba wenkampani yaseMelika.

Amayadi aseYurophu e-Italy, eFrance, eJalimane naseFinland athola ingxenye enkulu yomkhakha wokwenza imikhumbi yomkhumbi. Ngokwemali engenayo, imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi yenza amaphesenti angama-20 emakethe yokwakha imikhumbi yomhlaba.