SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said Wednesday it has secured a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) project for a U.S. Navy cargo ship. The company will carry out the MRO work on the USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3), a 41,000-ton Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo vessel, [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai, South Korea’s leading shipbuilding conglomerate, has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India’s largest state-owned shipyard, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), in a move to strengthen its position in India and the global shipbuilding market. The agreement, announced Saturday by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s HD Hyundai has entered into a strategic partnership with a major U.S. shipbuilder, signaling deepening cooperation between the two allies in the wake of President Donald Trump’s re-election and renewed emphasis on domestic industrial revival. The company announced Saturday that it signed a comprehensive agreement with Edison Chouest [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia’s Hasnur Group as part of efforts to strengthen its presence in the rapidly growing Indonesian mining market. Under the partnership, the two sides plan to cooperate in areas of mining equipment supply, [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief executive officers (CEOs) of HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s major shipbuilders, met with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to explore cooperation in the shipbuilding sector, the companies said Friday. HD Hyundai CEO Chung Ki-sun and Hanwha Ocean CEO Kim Hee-cheul had separate meetings [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief executive officer (CEO) of HD Hyundai Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilding conglomerate, met with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to explore cooperation in the shipbuilding sector, the company said Friday. HD Hyundai CEO Chung Ki-sun and Greer held the meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer was scheduled to meet with the chief executive officers (CEOs) of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilders, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting this week, industry sources said Thursday. Greer [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai is embarking on a pioneering effort to develop South Korea’s first humanoid robot specialized in welding, teaming up with leading AI and robotics companies to advance automation in shipbuilding. The company announced Wednesday that its subsidiaries — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Robotics — [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilders, have pledged to strengthen cooperation with the United States in naval shipbuilding and maintenance during a visit by a top U.S. Navy official this week, according to the companies Thursday. U.S. Secretary of the Navy John [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched the shipbuilding industry’s first proprietary Korean language proficiency test for foreign workers, aiming to improve workplace communication and safety. On Sunday, the company administered the HD TOPIC (Test of Korean for Practical Industrial Communication) at its Ulsan headquarters, evaluating approximately 500 [...]