Samsung Heavy

Samsung Heavy and Bloom Energy Sign Clean Energy Agreement

  • Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Bloom Energy have announced an agreement to develop cleaner power for ships by jointly designing fuel cell-powered vessels that will reduce carbon emissions and help improve air quality.
  • The plan is to initially develop eco-friendly vessels that carry liquefied natural gas and will be among the first in the industry.
  • They will replace all existing main engines and generator engines with solid oxide fuel cells over the next several years, investing millions of...

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Samsung Heavy Secures Smart Mega Ship Order from Evergreen

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korea shipbuilder bagged a US$920 million order to build six of the world’s largest container ship, reports The Korea Times.

Deal to build world’s largest container ship

Samsung Heavy CEO Nam Joon-ou and Evergreen Marine Corp. Chairman Anchor Chang signed the deal on building six 23,000 TEU container ships. Evergreen is a Taiwanese shipping company.

The ships will be the world’s largest container ships, which can carry 23,764 six-meter containers at...

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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...

http://container-news.com/top-two-shipbuilders-world-merge/

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