SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilders led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., which have been struggling with a drought of demand amid the pandemic, scooped up major deals in the first quarter of the year, boding well for their achievements of this year’s annual order targets. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilders held on to their global No. 1 status in terms of new orders of ships in January, outpacing their Chinese rivals for the seventh straight month, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data provided by global market researcher Clarkson Research Service, South Korean shipyards bagged [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders took the No. 1 ranking in new shipping orders in August for the second consecutive month on the back of orders for liquefied natural gas carriers, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data provided by global market researcher Clarkson Research Service, the Korean shipbuilders’ new [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — New orders won by South Korea’s shipbuilders tumbled 67 percent in the first half of the year from a year ago as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged demand, industry data showed Thursday. In the first half of this year, South Korean shipbuilders’ new orders came to 1.18 million compensated gross [...]