SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Tuesday that it has gotten the nod for its ammonia-powered ship from Lloyd’s Register, a British quality assurance and risk management company. Daewoo Shipbuilding plans to commercialize the ammonia-fueled 23,000 TEU container carrier by 2025, the company said in an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Friday that it will nurture digital technology workforces to improve the management and production procedure of its shipyards. A program to be run by the software education center of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will train experts of ship-related [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. have approved a wage deal, the shipbuilder said Friday, ending monthslong negotiations that led to strikes. Daewoo Shipbuilding said 62 percent of 5,277 workers approved the wage and collective agreement that includes a 1.1 percent increase in base pay and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said Friday it has signed a deal worth 1.1 trillion won (US$924 million) to design and build an upgraded submarine for the country’s Navy. Under the deal with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Daewoo Shipbuilding will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Thursday it has joined forces with South Korea’s top shipping firm Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. to develop smart ship technologies. The two sides will collaborate in developing various technologies used for smart ships, such as real-time monitoring and automation systems, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, will file a suit for damages this week against its labor union over disruptive action at the company’s shareholders meeting in May and illegal strikes, company officials said Tuesday. Hyundai Heavy claimed it lost 9.2 billion won (US$7.8 million) due to [...]
SEOUL/ULSAN, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Shareholders of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Friday approved the company’s split-up plan ahead of a proposed merger with a smaller local shipbuilder amid fierce opposition from its labor union. The split is the first step in the process of Hyundai Heavy’s planned merger with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Tensions are mounting ahead of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.’s planned shareholders meeting next week as unionized workers remain staunch in their opposition to the company’s split-up plan for a merger with a small local shipbuilder, industry sources said Sunday. Hyundai Heavy shareholders are set to approve splitting of the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Friday signed a formal deal with the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) to buy its smaller local rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., heralding the world’s largest shipbuilding group with a some 20 percent market share. Hyundai Heavy became the sole bidder for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) announced on Monday that it had developed a design system for supporting ship sales using artificial intelligence (AI). According to DSME, a joint development of the system with an AI startup company called 42 Maru was launched to find appropriate answers and [...]