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Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai, Palantir chiefs discuss AI shipyard, defense technology

Chung Kisun, executive vice chairman of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., has met with Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies I...

Earnings Hanwha Ocean swings to profit, seeks 6 US Navy MRO projects

Hanwha Ocean Co., a South Korean warship builder, said on Friday it swung to profit in 2024 for the first time in four years, driven by increased sa...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD KSOE wins $2.6 bn order for 12 container ships

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Thursday it got 3.716 trillion won ...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha to more than double staff at US Philly Shipyard in 10 years

South Korea’s Hanwha Group is set to more than double its employees at Hanwha Philly Shipyard in the US over the next 10 years as the chemic...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha completes acquisition $100 mn Philly Shipyard

South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group completed the acquisition of Philly Shipyard on Friday.The size of the deal was $100 mil...

Aerospace & Defense Korea’s Hanwha wins US Navy MRO deal as Trump seeks deeper shipbuilding ties

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, secured another vessel repair contract from the US Navy, expanding its defense busi...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Samsung Heavy to become 1st paperless drawing shipyard

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Monday it will adopt three-dimensional (3D) digital drawings for its entire ship design and construction proces...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai establishes foundation for shipyard accident victims

South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. established the HD Hyundai Hope Foundation (tentative name) to support the families of victims of major industrial acci...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. It got the right t...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha acquires $100 million Philly Shipyard for US market debut

South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha has signed a $100 million deal to acquire a 100% stake in Philly Shipyard Inc., becoming the f...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea issues $10.75 bn in refund guarantees to shipbuilders

South Korean banks and state-run financial institutions will issue $10.75 billion worth of refund guarantees (RGs) to domestic shipbuilders, which t...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD KSOE picks Philippines as offshore wind power base camp

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the parent of the world’s No. 1 shipbuilder, is accelerating its offshore wind po...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai, Philly Shipyard cooperate to enter US

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for desig...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

South Korea reclaimed the crown from the Chinese as the world’s largest shipbuilder after three years last quarter, sweeping global orders for...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipbuilders tighten grip on ammonia carrier market

South Korean shipbuilders continued to win very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) orders, expanding their shares in the global eco-friendly vessel market...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai builds VR shipyard Twin FOS

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Wednesday that it completed the building of a virtual reality shipyard, the first stage of its Futur...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipyards to beat Chinese rivals with green tankers

South Korean dockyards aim to expand their presence in the global tanker market dominated by Chinese players with vessels designed to transport or s...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai, Siemens to jointly build smart shipyard

South Korean HD Hyundai Co. and Siemens, a Germany-based global smart engineering company, will jointly develop a data platform for building a smart...

Shipping & Shipbuilding S.Korea's shipyards get OK from shipping companies to delay vessel delivery

South Korean shipbuilders are breathing a sigh of relief despite the postponed delivery of their container ships due to a chronic shortage of domest...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding’s cumulative orders near 200 vessels

Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding Co., a unit of South Korean shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai, announced on Wednesday th...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipyards to benefit from record LNG carrier prices

South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from record liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier prices while bagging more orders for new vessels d...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipyards feel tailwind from emission rules

Tighter environmental rules and higher energy prices are providing tailwinds for South Korean shipbuilders, which have swept orders for eco-friendly...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipbuilders regain top post, to profit from higher ship prices

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders have regained the world’s No. 1 title in terms of ship orders and are expected to swing to profit...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals

South Korean shipbuilders yielded their No. 1 position to Chinese rivals in August, according to Clarkson Research on Tuesday, as they shifted towar...

Economy Shipyards, TV plants to shut down as typhoon lands on Korea

The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., decided to shut down t...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea’s Big Three shipbuilders in red despite growing order backlog

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders remain in the red despite hefty new ship orders so far this year, led by high-priced vessels such as li...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipyards jittery about $20 bn in Qatar LNG ship orders

South Korea’s Big Three shipbuilders are on edge about their orders totaling $20 billion from QatarEnergy as the state-run company is refusing...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea shipbuilders to win mega tanker deals on rising LNG demand

Orders for mega liquefied natural gas carriers have reemerged as demand for the gas has increased alongside the global push to cut carbon emissions....

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hyundai's first Saudi JV shipyard slated for 2023 completion

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is scheduled to construct a large-scale shipyard for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and a mar...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korean shipbuilders find relief in falling iron ore prices, rise in new orders

South Korea’s major shipbuilders expect to post improved earnings in coming quarters as falling iron ore prices put them in a stronger positio...