Lloyd’s Register has awarded Approved Training Provider (ATP) Certification to Hae Young Maritime Services Co. Ltd. (HMS), a subsidiary of Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd (HMM), one of Korea’s largest shipping companies. The HMS Training Center at Busan, Korea trains seafarers under The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) training standards. It [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and the leading marine engine manufacturer, today announced that it completed a type approval test of two ultra long stroke marine engines under license with MAN Diesel & Turbo. The type approval test of the G (Green)-type marine engines, 7G80ME-C9.2 at 37,900 and 6G80ME-C9.2 at [...]
The Industrial Plant & Engineering division of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® 3D and other SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to establish an integrated engineering environment for its power plant projects. HHI’s headquarters is in Korea, and its Industrial Plant & Engineering division has been a longtime user of Intergraph solutions. To keep up [...]
HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has reported that the world’s first MAN B&W 7G80ME-C9.2 passed its official shop test on 16 January 2013 in Korea. The MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee reported that the shop test proceeded as expected and was a success. Engineers from MAN Diesel & Turbo took [...]
Following sea trials during the past few weeks, Dockwise now confirms the delivery of Dockwise Vanguard. The vessel has left the yard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) this morning and started its maiden trip. Dockwise Vanguard will sail to the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in Korea to pick up the giant hull of the [...]
On January 15, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), of which NYK has a 50 percent share, delivered Carmen Knutsen, a new 157,000 DWT offshore shuttle tanker built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, to Repsol YPF A.S. under time-charter contract for five years plus an option for crude oil transport off Brazil. Furthermore, the KNOT Group [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and leading offshore facilities contractor announced the Company, as a sole EPIC contractor, won a USD 1.1 billion order for the topside facility to be installed on the Aasta Hansteen spar hull, also being built by HHI, from Statoil on January 18. The 21,000-ton topside facility, capable [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today, Jan. 16th, announced the Company won an order for five 14,000 TEU containerships from Seaspan Corp. The contract includes an option exercisable by the owner for five additional same-class boxships. This order makes the Ulsan, South Korea-based company clinched all ultra-large containerships capable of holding more [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries has officially delivered the fourth 318.000 DWT very large crude carrier (VLCC) named Brightoil Grace to Brightoil Petroleum. According to Brightoil the vessel comes as one of the largest oil tankers in the world and is designed with the most modern and fuel efficient features. The ships features 319m in length, 60m [...]
With the heightened expectations of stakeholders in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon incident, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has listened to its drilling operator clients and designed a new generation of drillship. The new 80k class, heavy duty, wide beam drillship design, HD12000, can drill up to depths of 12,000 feet. It has greater versatility, [...]
