SEOUL, February 11 (AJP) - South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding has secured a 353.2 billion won ($260 million) contract from a European shipowner to build two eco-friendly container ships with a capacity of 10,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
The order marks the first time the company will construct container ships exceeding 10,000 TEU at its main Yeongdo shipyard in Busan.
The vessels will incorporate a newly developed hull form and fuel-efficient design aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the company said. To comply with international environmental standards, the ships will be equipped with exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, and optimized for energy-efficient operations.
In recent years, the shipbuilder has focused on developing mid-sized, environmentally friendly container vessels to secure new orders and strengthen competitiveness in the sector.
Vessels delivered since the company resumed merchant ship construction in 2021 — starting with a 5,500-TEU order and including HMM’s 9,000-TEU methanol-powered ships — were designed to fit within Yeongdo’s dock limits.
Chief Executive Yoo Sang-cheol said in a press release that the company’s experience and technical expertise in overcoming physical constraints enabled it to move into the 10,000-TEU-plus segment.
“We will deliver high-quality ships on schedule to repay the shipowner’s trust and further strengthen our reputation in the mid- to large-sized eco-friendly container ship market,” Yoo said.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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