SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea regained the top spot in new global shipbuilding orders for the first time in three months in October, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipyards clinched orders totaling 1.54 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) to build 18 ships, accounting for 62 percent of the global total of 2.49 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it has won a 231.8 billion-won (US$171 million) order to build two crude carriers for an Oceanian shipper. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding’s three shipbuilding units, will construct the vessels at its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it will build two mid-sized, ammonia-powered ships for the first time in the world. HD Korea Shipbuilding said it will install an ammonia dual-fuel engine in the 45,000-cubic meter liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, whose order it [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –Orders for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, an area where South Korea has long maintained a dominant position, have seen a significant decline this year. Nevertheless, the Korean shipbuilding industry is expected to weather this downturn relatively unscathed, thanks in part to record-high LNG carrier prices and a substantial upcoming [...]
POSCO is connecting with younger audiences by creating unique content, “Fantasteel – The Beginning of the New Iron Age,” in partnership with Nexon’s online game “Wars of Pracia”. SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Businesses in the so-called ‘junghujangdae’ industries, unfamiliar to the general public, are striving to craft a friendly image by creating compelling [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) –The Ppuri industry, which is crucial for the Korean manufacturing sector, is expected to rely more on foreign workers. This industry encompasses various manufacturing processes like casting, mold making, plastic processing, welding, surface treatment, and heat treatment. Recent data on the Korean labor market shows that 9.2 percent of workers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As international oil prices continue to soar due to the extension of oil production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia, offshore platforms drilling for oil and gas stored beneath the sea and tankers for transport are coming into the spotlight. According to Clarkson Research, a U.K.-based specialist in analyzing shipbuilding [...]
CHANGWON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – K Shipbuilding, in collaboration with Doosan Robotics, has successfully developed welding automation equipment that utilizes collaborative robots to engrave characters onto ship hulls. This achievement was announced by the company on Friday. Collaborative robots, designed to operate alongside humans and engage in physical interactions with them, played a pivotal role [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has signed an agreement with three foreign institutions on the development of a large liquefied carbon dioxide carrier. The deal calls for Hanwha Ocean and the institutions to share their know-how and experiences to develop a 40,000-cubic-meter liquefied CO2 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Friday it has won a series of certifications for eco-friendly technologies from major global maritime rating agencies at an ongoing world gas industry exhibition. Hanwha Ocean, formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), has obtained an approval in principle (AIP) [...]