South Korea’s first state-subsidised containerships launched

Namsung Shipping has launched the first container ships that were built with subsidies from the South Korean government.

The 1,000TEU pair were christened Star Frontier and Star Explorer in a ceremony at Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering’s shipyard on 3 June 2020. The latter vessel will be deployed to Namsung’s Busan-Incheon-Hai Phong and semi-linked Incheon-Hai Phong services, which the company runs jointly with Heung-A Line and Korea Marine Transport Company. Plans for the other ship have not...

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