HD Hyundai has set a document by constructing and delivering 5,000 ships over roughly 50 years. This marks the primary time worldwide {that a} single shipbuilding group has delivered 5,000 vessels.
HD Hyundai introduced on Nov. 19 that it held a commemorative occasion for the supply of 5,000 ships on the headquarters of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering in Dong-gu, Ulsan. The 5,000th ship delivered by HD Hyundai is the Diego Silang, the second patrol vessel for the Philippines. The Diego Silang is a state-of-the-art warship measuring 118.4m in size, 14.9m in width, with a cruising pace of 28km/h (15 knots). HD Hyundai obtained an order for 10 warships from the Philippine Navy in January 2022 and delivered the Diego Silang to the Philippine Navy final month.
With the supply of the Diego Silang, HD Hyundai accomplished the development and supply of its 5,000th ship since its founding. This milestone comes precisely 51 years after the corporate was established as Hyundai Heavy Industries (now HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering) in 1972 and delivered the 260,000-ton tanker Atlantic Baron to a Greek shipowner in 1974. Throughout this era, ships have been delivered to roughly 700 shipowners in 68 international locations. Particularly, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering delivered 2,631 ships, HD Hyundai Mipo delivered 1,570 ships, and HD Hyundai Samho delivered 799 ships.
An HD Hyundai official said, “This can be a outstanding document that has not been achieved even by Europe and Japan, which have for much longer shipbuilding histories than our nation,” explaining that “assuming a ship size of 250m, the entire size of 5,000 ships can be 1,250km.” This distance is longer than the straight-line distance from Seoul to Tokyo, Japan (1,150km).
HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun mentioned, “5,000 ships signify the pleasure of Korea’s shipbuilding trade and a historical past of challenges that modified the paradigm of the worldwide maritime trade. Primarily based on this historical past of challenges we created collectively, we’ll transfer ahead vigorously towards the following 5,000 ships and one other half-century.”
The occasion was attended by Chairman Chung, together with Nationwide Meeting members Kim Tae-sun (Ulsan Dong-gu) and Yoon Jong-oh (Ulsan Buk-gu), Park Dong-il, director on the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Sources, Ahn Byung-gil, president of Korea Maritime Promotion Corp., and Park Jung-seok, chairman of Korea Line Corp.
In the meantime, HD Hyundai determined to offer 300,000 gained present certificates to workers of shipbuilding associates and subcontractor employees to commemorate the supply of 5,000 ships.
