SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea fell to second place in new global shipbuilding orders in November to trail behind China again, industry data showed Tuesday. South Korean shipyards clinched orders totaling 570,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) for 15 ships, accounting for 36 percent of the global total of 1.59 million CGTs last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders are widely expected to lag far behind their Chinese rivals in new global orders to place second worldwide in 2023 amid falling demand, according to industry data Wednesday. Local shipyards won a combined 9.55 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders in the first 11 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea regained the top spot in new global shipbuilding orders for the first time in three months in October, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipyards clinched orders totaling 1.54 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) to build 18 ships, accounting for 62 percent of the global total of 2.49 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Top industry officials of South Korea and Qatar discussed ways Wednesday to enhance bilateral cooperation on the energy and shipbuilding industries, Seoul’s industry ministry said. During the meeting in Seoul, South Korea’s Industry Minister Bang Moon-kyu and Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi discussed how [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea recaptured the top spot in new global shipbuilding orders for the first time in five months in July, industry data showed Monday. Local shipyards clinched orders totaling 1.46 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) to build 29 ships, accounting for 44 percent of the global total of 3.33 [...]
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, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders far outstripped their Chinese rivals in terms of new orders in August, retaining their top spot for the fourth straight month, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipbuilders led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. won a combined 780,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last month, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is seeking to buy its smaller rival, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, industry sources said Wednesday, in what could be a major shakeup in the sector. The country’s top shipbuilder is in talks with state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), a creditor bank that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyards, for the first time in seven years, ranked No. 1 in 2018 in terms of annual orders secured, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data compiled by global research firm Clarkson Research Institute, local shipbuilders clinched new orders totaling a combined 12.63 million compensated gross [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s embattled shipbuilding giants may conduct a wave of year-end layoffs in line with self-rescue measures agreed upon with creditors, industry sources said Tuesday. Stung by snowballing losses from tumbling orders and heavy debt, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Hyundai Heavy [...]