Hanwha Ocean reopens partially after fatal blast

Hanwha Ocean (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) resumed operations partially on 16 January, four days after a worker was killed in a blast.

The blast, on 12 January, is believed to have resulted from a gas explosion at Hanwha Ocean’s rudder manufacturing plant. According to the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, the incident happened around 3.19 pm local time.

It is believed that while grinding work was carried out on a rudder block, there was a gas leak. The explosion sent metal...

https://container-news.com/hanwha-ocean-reopens-partially-after-fatal-blast/

Hanwha Ocean dismisses speculation about abandoning boxship business

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) has refuted media reports saying it will not accept container ship orders this year.

A Hanwha Ocean official said, “We have not made any decisions such as not accepting orders for specific types of ships, such as container ships.”

Last year, Hanwha Ocean received orders for 17 ships, including five liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, five ammonia carriers, and seven special ships, but did not receive...

https://container-news.com/hanwha-ocean-dismisses-speculation-about-abandoning-boxship-business/

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023, final edition: ten spot anchor handlers; eleven foreign vessels for Hornbeck Offshore, and the new twelve labours of Hercules Supply in China [Offshore Accounts]

Merry Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping and so on, all the way back to that partridge in a pear tree from day one of the old festive carol. But not here, as, for the fourth year in a […]

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