Daewoo Shipbuilding Delivers First LNG Carrier With Air Lubrication System

Daewoo Shipbuilding Delivers First LNG Carrier With Air Lubrication System

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering successfully built an LNG carrier equipped with an air lubrication system. It was announced on 18th that it was delivered to the owner.

The vessel was a 173,400m3 LNG carrier ordered by Maran Gas Maritime in Greece in June 2016 and was applied by DSME ALS (Air Lubrication System) developed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

The air lubrication system is one of the energy-saving technologies that injects air into the bottom of the ship to create a...

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Top two shipbuilders of the world to merge

The world’s biggest shipbuilder, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, has reached a deal to acquire a majority stake in ailing number two Daewoo from the government, Seoul said Thursday, January 31.

The world’s top three shipbuilders are South Korean — Samsung Heavy ranks third — but the industry has been hammered in recent years by overcapacity and plunging ship prices.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has struggled in particular and has repeatedly been bailed out by the government to...

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