Tag: Korea

Ocean Yield AS announced that it has agreed to acquire two 2022-built Suezmax tankers. Both vessels were built at Daehan Shipbuilding in Korea.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen, in collaboration with GS Caltex, conducted a trial with a Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) at the Port of Masan, using B30 HSFO biofuel. 

KR (Korean Register) and HD Hyundai Global Service signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on digital verification of maritime carbon reduction solutions, during Kormarine 2023 held in Busan, South Korea.

ABS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with key stakeholders in Korea to develop and demonstrate a 3D printing system for ocean-going vessels.

Korean authorities have taken precautions to keep radioactive ballast water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant's wastewater out of Korean waterways.

On 19th August, a 999-ton chemical tanker Falcon Chemist was damaged by fire in the Yellow Sea, approximately 43 nautical miles west of Gunsan, Korea. 

Cool Company Limited announced that it has exercised its option to acquire two newbuild stroke LNG carriers from affiliates of EPS Ventures Ltd (EPS).

On 24th May, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced that Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue teams, rescued a Korean national after he fell from a merchant vessel in Qatari waters. 

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea's second-largest shipbuilder, is rebranded as Hanwha Ocean, dropping the nearly 50-year-old Daewoo name following Hanwha Group's takeover.

On 18th May, a product tanker which route to Kobe in Japan, stuck under one bridge, needing assistance from local tugs.