SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders are expected to take the top spot in new global shipbuilding orders for 2020 despite the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources said Tuesday. Local shipyards’ new orders came to 7.98 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) as of Dec. 28 last year, ranking first worldwide, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Combined order backlogs of South Korea’s top five shipbuilders, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., fell 22 percent in the first nine months of the year from the end of last year due to decreased new orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources said Tuesday. But their good financial [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyards are likely to win more orders next year as toughened environment regulations may prod clients to resort to local shipbuilders, which have a competitive edge in eco-friendly vessels, a report said Tuesday. Their combined new orders are estimated at 10 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) worth [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders are expected to win orders later this year to build liquefied national gas (LNG) ships in Africa, analysts said Tuesday. In the January-September period, local shipbuilders fell far short of achieving their annual order targets as the new coronavirus pandemic continued to affect the shipbuilding industry, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An extended slump is expected to undermine South Korean shipbuilders’ earnings in the third quarter of the year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a meaningful recovery in the near future not in sight. According to the data provided by global market researcher Clarkson Research Service, global new orders for [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and other major shipbuilders are scurrying to develop eco-friendly power systems for ships in order to clinch more deals amid toughened emission regulations. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted mandatory steps under which carriers are required to operate a fleet of vessels designed to [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders have failed to clinch new orders for offshore facilities in the first half of the year as demand dried up amid weak oil prices, the companies’ data showed Thursday. In addition, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. have order backlogs of [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s shipbuilders, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., suffered from a sharp drop in new orders in the first five months of the year, falling sharply short of their annual order targets due to the coronavirus outbreak and a drop in oil prices, the companies’ data showed Monday. [...]