Small Korean Shipyard Launches Nation’s First Antarctic Longliner

GEOJE, South Korea, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) —  In a milestone for South Korea’s shipbuilding sector, a small shipyard in Geoje has completed the nation’s first domestically built deep-sea fishing vessel capable of operating in Antarctic waters, a market long dominated by foreign manufacturers. Asia Shipbuilding, based in Geoje’s Sadeung district, recently launched the 540-ton longliner [...]