A fresh order for six product carriers from a Middle Eastern shipping company puts South Korea's largest shipbuilder on course to exceed its full-year targets well ahead of schedule.
9 July 2026
A confluence of new liquefaction projects and ageing vessel retirements is locking South Korea's dominant shipyards into a prolonged super-cycle, with annual orders for LNG carriers expected to exceed 90 ships through 2032.
9 July 2026
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has been knocked out of a roughly $70bn Canadian submarine procurement competition, losing to German rival TKMS.
7 July 2026
When South Korea's benchmark index surged 8% in a single session, the country's leading shipbuilders declined — not because their fundamentals had deteriorated, but because the market's attention was elsewhere; the 6% rebound that followed the very next day proved the point.
21 June 2026
South Korea's largest shipbuilder is leveraging its domestic naval expertise to pursue high-value warship export contracts as demand for maritime security rises worldwide.
19 June 2026
Lee Jae-myung's remarks signal that economic collaboration between Seoul and Washington is taking on concrete shape, with the shipbuilding industry emerging as a centrepiece of bilateral talks.
19 June 2026
South Korea has sailed a warship across the Pacific to win a C$100 billion submarine contract—and the decision is weeks away.
14 June 2026