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Hyundai Names its First Ship at Gunsan Shipyard |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 Hyundai Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony for its first ship constructed at Gunsan Shipyard, North Jeolla Province. About 70 officials, including Hyundai Heavy Vice Chairman Min Gye-sik,
attended the ceremony for naming the two 180 thousand tons bulk carriers
for which Hyundai won orders in March 2008, and celebrated the
successful completion of the first ship at the shipyard.
The bulk carriers were named E. R. Borneo and E. R. Brandenburg. They
are 291 meters long, 45 meters in width and 24 meters deep, three times
bigger than a soccer stadium. Equipped with a Hyundai’s self-produced
18.6 thousand kW engine, the bulk carriers have a speed of 15.3 knots.
They will be delivered to their owners in early March.
The Hyundai Heavy’s shipyard in Gunsan, located on 1.8 million square
meters of land at the west coast city, has a couple of colossal
facilities such as the world`s largest 700-meter-long dry dock and a
1,600-ton crane. It has a backlog of total 28 ship orders.
Source: Maeil Business Newspaper
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