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Shipbuilding & Defense — South Korea
RSSYards, order books, naval programs and the defense-industrial partnerships forming across the region. This page covers South Korea.
Hanwha Ocean Procures 1,800-Ton Goliath Crane as RIEC Starts Build
The Chinese equipment builder broke ground on the 205-meter-span gantry crane to double mega-block lifting capacity at the Okpo…
Samsung Heavy secures $494 million deal for two LNG carriers by 2029Members
The 672.2 billion won contract brings the shipbuilder's 2026 commercial backlog to $8 billion, exhausting high-value delivery…
Hanwha Ocean Loses Court Injunction Over Subcontractor Talks
The shipbuilder posted notices listing two supplier unions at its Geoje yard after judges rejected its petition to block labor…
HD Hyundai Heavy union votes down wage deal, reopening talksMembers
More than 52% of voting shipbuilders opposed the agreement over base wages, threatening production schedules across three years…
HD Hyundai Heavy wins 500 MW Taean offshore substation deal
The full engineering and fabrication deal marks South Korea's first internationally certified offshore wind substation as…
Hanwha Ocean takes legal action after Geoje crane sit-in
The shipbuilder rejected joint bargaining with catering subcontractors under Korea's amended labor law, escalating risks for…
Mazagon Dock drops Thoothukudi yard as HD Hyundai wins site
The state-run Indian warship builder pivoted to Andhra Pradesh with a $1.8 billion outlay after Tamil Nadu cleared land for the…
Hanwha Ocean Wins ABS Approval for 60 MW Floating Data Unit
The classification society certified the modular offshore design on Sept.
Samsung Heavy Industries wins $226 million gas carrier order
The 307.4 billion won deal for two very large gas carriers lifts the yard's 2026 merchant vessel order intake to $7.5 billion,…
HD Hyundai Heavy launches 8,200-ton Aegis destroyer in Ulsan
The Daeho Kim Jong-seo completes South Korea's planned six-ship Aegis destroyer fleet, with shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy…
HD Hyundai deploys physical AI in Ulsan shipyard automation
The shipbuilder joined South Korea's national physical AI alliance and backed sensor startup AIDIN Robotics to automate heavy…
HD Hyundai and Hanwha win China dual-fuel engine contracts
South Korean engine builders took over 65% of their 2026 order value from Chinese shipyards, securing high-margin propulsion…
Hanwha Ocean wins $500 million LNG carrier deal from Zodiac
The two-vessel contract lifts the shipbuilder's September intake to 2.89 trillion won, marking a pivot by independent non-energy…
HD Hyundai books $243 million order for two Ro-Ro vessels
The contract with Luxembourg-based CLdN secures shipyard berths through late 2029 while accelerating dual-fuel fleet renewal…
NYK Names Hyundai Samho LNG Carrier for Cameron Export Trade
The 174,000-cubic-meter Diamond Gas Nexus will transport American fuel under charter to Mitsubishi subsidiary Diamond Global…
HD Hyundai Samho builds three-tank LNG carriers for BW LNGMembers
The 176,800-cubic-meter design adds 2,800 cubic meters of capacity and trims daily boil-off by 6% while using standard terminal…
Samsung Heavy clears wage deal as strike risks hit rivals
South Korea's top shipbuilders face diverging slot risks as Samsung Heavy finalizes a 5.2% wage increase while HD Hyundai and…
Korean shipbuilders localize Arctic ice design software
The Big Three shipyards join state-backed software and 3D printing projects to cut reliance on overseas polar engineering as…
HD Hyundai develops 150,000 cbm ultra-large ethane carrier
The South Korean shipbuilder partnered with GTT and Lloyd's Register to apply Mark III Slim tanks for growing seaborne ethane…
HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean split naval platforms for export
Shipbuilders pursue specialized foreign bids after Hanwha Ocean locked in a 7.8 trillion won destroyer contract and HD Hyundai…
HD Hyundai and KR launch 3D ship design approval system in Ulsan
The initiative eliminates redundant two-dimensional drafting from vessel certification, linking digital models directly to…
Hanwha Ocean bids against Chinese yards for Maersk mega-shipsMembers
The Danish carrier confirmed 26 dual-fuel vessels while seeking up to 42 ships worth $8.9 billion, testing South Korean delivery…
HD Korea Shipbuilding advances $4B shipyard project in India
The South Korean shipbuilder completed site surveys in Tamil Nadu to build a greenfield mega-yard with an annual capacity of 2.5…