SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders saw their global market share edge up in 2022 from a year earlier despite decreased new orders, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipyards clinched a combined 16.27 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last year, or 38 percent of the global total of 42.78 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said Monday it has developed a collaborative robot, or cobot, in an effort to boost productivity. The world’s fourth-largest shipbuilder by order backlog said the newly developed cobot has recently been put into service for the welding job of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilders received the largest orders in four years in 2022, and the country ranked the world’s No. 1 in terms of the construction of high-priced and eco-friendly vessels, the industry ministry said Thursday. Local shipbuilders won orders of a total of 15.59 million compensated gross tons last [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Co., South Korea’s largest shipbuilding conglomerate, unveiled its vision for a sustainable future at CES on Wednesday, including a future ship with advanced digital solutions using energy-saving technologies. It marks the second consecutive year for the shipbuilding giant, formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, to have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Monday a total of 41 Indonesian welders have arrived here to work at its shipyard on the southern coast. The Indonesians, who arrived Saturday, mark the single largest batch of foreign workers to come to South Korea since the government eased [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders lagged behind their Chinese rivals in terms of new global orders in 2022 to take the No. 2 spot in the world for the second straight year, industry data showed Thursday. Local shipbuilders clinched a combined 15.64 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai said Thursday its shipbuilding units succeeded in developing the country’s first liquid natural gas (LNG)-hydrogen mixed-fuel engine. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. and its affiliate Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. jointly announced on the completion of performance tests for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced that it has developed a blockchain-based cyber security solution to strengthen digital information security for autonomous ships for the first time in the shipbuilding industry. This technology sends the data created by the shipbuilder’s remote autonomous navigation system known as Samsung Autonomous Ship, or [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Group signed an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) on Friday to take over the embattled shipbuilder, officials said, paving the way for a smooth privatization after multiple unsuccessful attempts. Under the deal, Hanwha Aerospace and five other Hanwha affiliates will acquire a 49.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said Wednesday it has signed a business partnership agreement with top local steelmaker POSCO on the development of new shipbuilding materials. The deal calls for joint efforts to develop new shipbuilding materials and welding technologies that will be applied [...]