SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top container shipper, HMM Co., said Thursday it will buy back and cancel its own shares worth 2.14 trillion won (US$1.54 billion) as part of its shareholder return policy. In a regulatory filing, the company said it will repurchase roughly 81.8 million shares, or 7.98 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top container shipper HMM Co. said Monday it will push to expand its fleet sharply over the next seven years in a bid to boost its competitive edge and secure a stable business base. Under the mid- and long-term strategy, HMM will raise its container shipping capacity [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top container shipper HMM Co. said Wednesday it has signed a deal with global terminal operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) on cooperation in the supply of eco-friendly fuel for the Chinese port. The memorandum of understanding calls for HMM to cooperate with SIPG in providing clean [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipper HMM Co. said Monday it has signed a “green sailing service” deal with German logistics firm HellMann for the trading of reduced carbon emissions. HMM, South Korea’s top container shipping company, said it marks the company’s first-ever green sailing service contract. HMM didn’t disclose the amount [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A consortium led by food conglomerate Harim Group was picked Monday as the preferred bidder for South Korea’s top container shipper HMM Co., creditors said, heralding the start of its privatization. Last month, two state agencies — the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) and the Korean Ocean Business Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex Corp. said Friday it has begun the pilot operation of a container ship that runs on its bio marine fuel in collaboration with the shipping company HMM Co. The 6,400 twenty-foot equivalent unit vessel, powered by GS Caltex’s B30 bio marine fuel, will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — HMM Co. said Thursday it has clinched the top spot in a recent environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) rating of major shipping firms around the world. South Korea’s No. 1 container shipper said it has obtained a “low” grade of 15.4 points in the rating conducted by Sustainalytics, [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — HMM Co. said Monday its first-quarter earnings tumbled more than 90 percent on-year on sluggish shipping rates amid decreased cargo volume. Net profit came to 285.3 billion won (US$214 million) in the January-March period, down 90.9 percent from a year earlier, South Korea’s top container shipper said in a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — HMM Co., South Korea’s top container shipper, said Tuesday it had signed a business agreement with marine waste management company Foresys to establish a circular environment system using discarded mooring ropes. Large ships use dozens of thick mooring ropes when in port. HMM has been discarding about 20 tons [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top container shipper HMM Co. on Tuesday signed a 1.41 trillion-won (US$1.1 billion) deal with two local shipbuilders to build nine methanol-propelled container ships as part of its push to go carbon neutral. Under the deal, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., an affiliate of Korea Shipbuilding & [...]