Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) is proactively noting its existence in the international market for medium-sized container ships, moved by remarkable technological abilities in structure green ships.

The South Korean shipbuilder claimed on Wednesday that it has actually won a KRW 110 billion newbuilding order for 4 devices of 1,800 TEU container providers from Taiwanese delivery line EVERGREEN MARINE COMPANY.

The vessels, each of which will certainly have a size of 172 meters, a size of 27.4 meters and also an elevation of 14.3 meters when finished, will certainly be integrated in the backyard of HMD’s backyard based in Ulsan, South Korea, to be provided one after an additional in turn beginning in 2021.

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it deserves keeping in mind that these brand-new ships will certainly embrace the ‘Con-Green’ layout, established by HMD combined with GUY Energy Solutions and also DNV GL, targeted at making the most of the functional effectiveness and also business economics.

Also, they will efficiently fulfill the demands of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) “phase 3” (from January 1, 2025 forward), a crucial element of the International Maritime Organization’s strategy to minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) discharges.

Effectively projecting that the marketplace need would certainly get, HMD started on a job in 2016 to create a greener layout for medium-sized container ships called ‘Con-Green,’ and also has actually won newbuilding orders for 32 ships considering that in 2015.

“The recent order from Evergreen, which is the first contract for container ship we signed directly with a Taiwanese shipping company, is highly meaningful in that we were recognized for our technological competitiveness in eco-friendly ships,” claimed a resource at HMD. “Going forward, we will further diversify the line-up of our products with a focus on securing orders for medium-sized container ships at a time when global container shipping companies are investing in more advanced vessels to meet future demand.”

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has actually protected newbuilding orders for 135 ships worth USD 12.0 billion in accumulation, consisting of 22 container ships, 29 unrefined providers, 36 item providers, 23 LNG providers and also 17 LPG ships.

Reference: hyundai-holdings. com