ULSAN, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday that it had developed a ship that prevents the spread of pandemics such as the coronavirus. The new vessel comes with an airborne infection isolation room and a ventilation system that fulfills the guidelines set by the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major shipbuilder here, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first Aframax crude oil tanker (COT) powered by fuel cells. Samsung Heavy said it had acquired approval in principle from DNV GL, a Norway-based classification society, for its fuel cell-powered Aframax COTs. Completion of [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Friday it has begun the construction of another large-scale amphibious landing ship to be used by the country’s Navy. A keel-laying ceremony for the 14,500-ton vessel will be held later in the day at the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. in Busan, according [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Navy will start the trial operation of an unmanned ship next month, the country’s newly developed weapon mainly for use on the tense sea border with North Korea, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday. The Defense Acquisition Program Agency (DAPA) launched a 3.3 billion won (US$2.9 [...]
MOKPO, South Korea, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The southwestern port city of Mokpo is offering visitors a special experience on a traditional sailing ship called an onggi-bae. Wooden ships of this type operated until the 1980s off the south coast of the peninsula to transport various pottery items (onggi), which were essential household items [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A military source confirmed Wednesday that the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen – capable of tracking and monitoring ballistic missiles – is currently stationed in Busan, South Korea’s largest port, amid recent threats from North Korea that have been raising international concern. The 12,845-ton vessel went into operation in 2014, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Wednesday that it will push to build more ships powered by liquid natural gas (LNG) and develop the relevant technologies in an effort to go green amid looming strict emission rules. The move came a month after the International Maritime Organization adopted a landmark decision to [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Esmeralda (BE-43) is the world’s longest sailing ship, and it made port at a naval base in the Korean city of Busan Tuesday morning. Weighing 3,763 tons, the Esmeralda was commissioned in 1954, and currently serves as a training ship for the Chilean Navy. The vessel is 110 [...]
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Two drunk Vietnamese crewmen aboard a deep-sea fishing vessel operating in the Indian Ocean killed a South Korean captain and chief engineer on Monday, the Coast Guard said. The two suspects, whose identities were withheld, allegedly attacked the 43-year-old captain, surnamed Yang, and 42-year-old engineer, surnamed Kang, at around [...]