Shipbuilding Tribune - Hyundai Merchant Marine

First ‘Green Renovation’ in Korea

HYUNDAI Merchant Marine (HMM) recently converted its 8,600TEU container vessel, Hyundai Brave, into an eco-friendly vessel. This ‘green renovation’ is a first in Korea and only the second occurrence of such a transformation in the world. One feature of the conversion related to what is known as the bulbous bow: this protrudes at the front [...]

April 11, 2013 | Posted in Also in the news,Asia Pacific,Company News,Featured,News by topic,Press releases,Regional news,Shipyard News,South & Central Asia | Read More »

South Korea: DNB Approves Debt Facility to Hyundai Merchant Marine for Five New Container Vessels

Hyundai Merchant Marine closed on a $500 million debt facility on Tuesday from a syndicate of financial institutions led by DNB Bank. In order to fund the construction of five ultra-large container vessels being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and planned to be delivered throughout 2014, HMM will utilize the loan from the [...]

December 14, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Company News,Europe & Eurasia,News by topic,Press releases,Regional news | Read More »

South Korea: Hyundai Merchant Marine Plans to Order Five 13.100 TEU Container Ships

Hyundai Merchant Marine said on Wednesday that it planned to order five new container ships worth a total of 695 billion won ( approx USD… By Ju-min Park (reuters) Source: reuters, August 10, 2011;

August 10, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Company News,News by topic,Regional news | Read More »