SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Tuesday it has clinched a 698.1 billion-won (US$530 million) order to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for an African shipper. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding’s three shipbuilding units, will construct the [...]
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, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Wednesday it has won a 179 billion-won (US$141.4 million) order to build two liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carriers for a Greek shipper. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering’s three subsidiaries, will construct [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Thursday it has signed a series of eco-friendly agreements with global registers and shipping companies. HD Korea Shipbuilding said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Britain’s Lloyd’s Register, Norwegian shipper Knutsen and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on the lifetime [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Friday it will expand its research and development (R&D) spending in Europe to secure future shipbuilding and maritime technologies. To that end, HD Korea Shipbuilding will spend 15 million euros (US$16.5 million) on its European research institute [...]