SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders lagged behind their Chinese rivals in terms of new global orders in 2022 to take the No. 2 spot in the world for the second straight year, industry data showed Thursday. Local shipbuilders clinched a combined 15.64 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders fell far behind their Chinese rivals in terms of new global orders in November to rank second in the world, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipbuilders won a combined 1.08 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last month, accounting for 38 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Greece placed the largest ship orders in South Korea this year, remaining a buttress for the nation’s shipbuilding industry, data showed Sunday. Greek shipowners have placed orders for 52 ships totaling 2.05 million compensated gross ton (CGT) from Korean shipyards so far this year, according to global market researcher [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders lagged far behind their Chinese rivals in terms of new global orders in October to take the No. 2 spot in the world, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipbuilders won a combined 1.43 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last month, accounting for 42 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders bagged nearly 60 percent of new global ship orders in September to take the top spot in the world, industry data showed Friday. Local shipyards, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., clinched 1.32 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders for 22 vessels last month, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders won more than half of new global ship orders in July to take the top spot in the world for the third straight month, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipyards, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., clinched 1.16 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has captured the No. 1 spot in global shipbuilding orders for the first time in four years on the back of rising demand for high-priced vessels, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and container ships, data showed Wednesday. The country’s shipbuilders secured a total of 9.79 [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders won half of new global ship orders in the first quarter of the year to take the top spot in the world, industry data showed Wednesday. Local shipyards, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., clinched 4.57 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders in the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders took the top spot in global new orders in February, far outpacing their Chinese rivals, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipyards, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., clinched 860,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last month, or 67 percent of the global total at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new Galaxy S22 smartphones set a new pre-order record on the first day it was released by South Korea’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. Pre-order sales of new models — the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and [...]