Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)

South Korean shipyard workers protest foreign labour influx

The Korean Metal Workers’ Union, the umbrella union representing workers of eight South Korean shipbuilders, is staging a series of strikes this month in support of Hyundai Heavy Industries’ workers who have been involved in industrial action since late April.

Particularly, the shipyard workers were incensed when the government, at the shipbuilders’ request abolished the quota system in mid-April to allow in foreign labour for four shipbuilding areas – welding, painting, electric engineering,...

https://container-news.com/south-korean-shipyard-workers-protest-foreign-labour-influx/

Hyundai Heavy Industries challenges EC’s rejection to acquire DSME

South Korea’s No. 1 shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is questioning the European Commission’s veto of its bid to acquire compatriot rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), even though it has stated it is no longer keen on the takeover.

On 23 March, HHI filed its legal challenge in the EC’s General Court.

In January, the EC’s antitrust regulators nixed HHI’s application to acquire DSME, saying the takeover would reduce competition in ship building, especially with regard...

https://container-news.com/hyundai-heavy-industries-challenges-ecs-rejection-to-acquire-dsme/

KSOE & HHI receive Approval in Principle for BV Cyber Managed Prepared Notation

KSOE & HHI receive Approval in Principle for BV Cyber Managed Prepared Notation 

The certificate was delivered to Won Ho Joo, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of HHI, by Christophe Capitant, Country Chief Executive of BV Korea, at a ceremony held at HHI’s Shipbuilding Management’s offices in Ulsan, Republic of Korea.

Paris-La Défense, France – 21st January, 2022: Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has delivered an Approval in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/21/ksoe-hhi-receive-approval-in-principle-for-bv-cyber-managed-prepared-notation/

Maersk’s green methanol supplies still uncertain – CMA CGM sticks with LNG

Maersk has exercised options for an additional four 16,000 teu dual-fuel methanol ships for delivery in 2025, but says the supply of green methanol for them remains uncertain.
The options follow a last-August order for eight of the revolutionary, green-fuelled vessels with the South Korean yard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for delivery in Q1 24.
Analysts at Ship & Bunker have calculated Maersk would need to source some 280,000 360,000 tonnes of …

The post Maersk’s green methanol supplies...

https://theloadstar.com/maersks-green-methanol-supplies-still-uncertain-cma-cgm-sticks-with-lng/

Maersk confirms methanol-powered vessels order at Hyundai Heavy Industries

A Maersk representative has confirmed to Container News that the Danish shipping company has declared its options with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for four additional large container vessels able to operate on carbon neutral methanol.

The vessels will be delivered in 2025, following the delivery of eight similar vessels ordered on 24 August 2021.

The deal for the four 16,000 TEU dual-fuelled container ships is approximately US$700 million, according to Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering...

https://container-news.com/maersk-confirms-methanol-powered-vessels-order-at-hyundai-heavy-industries/

KR Awards AIP for Two Green Ammonia-Fueled Ammonia Carrier and Bunkering Ships

KR Awards AIP for Two Green Ammonia-Fueled Ammonia Carrier and Bunkering Ships

KIM Daeheon, the Executive Vice President of KR R&D division (on the far right), and the recipients of AIP certificate at the presentation ceremony.

The Korean Register (KR) awarded approval in principal (AIP) to two green ammonia-fueled ships at KR’s Seoul branch office on 15th December 2021. One of the ships is a 60,000m3 ammonia-fueled ammonia carrier and the other is a 38,000m3 ammonia carrier/bunkering ship,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/30/kr-awards-aip-for-two-green-ammonia-fueled-ammonia-carrier-and-bunkering-ships/

OM Maritime negotiating first newbuild order: box ships from HHI

Singapore-based tonnage provider OM Maritime has confirmed to The Loadstar it is in talks with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries to build up to four 8,000 teu dual-fuelled ships.
MD Subhangshu Dutt said there had been a change to OM Maritime’s initial plan to build 7,000 teu ships in China and added: “The dual-fuelled ships are more in line with our company’s policy of a green initiative.”
OM Maritime, which had been active …

The post OM Maritime negotiating first newbuild order:...

https://theloadstar.com/om-maritime-negotiating-first-newbuild-order-box-ships-from-hhi/

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