Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (HHI)
Hyundai Shipyard is located on the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula, thus it has easy access to the open sea. Coupled with this its mild weather and dry climate with little precipitation throughout the year, provide an ideal geographic environment for shipbuilding. along with its location and spirit of enterprise, HHI has positioned itself as one of the worldÕs leading shipbuilders since commencement of its shipyard operations in 1973. It has build a variety of modern, sophisticated naval and auxiliary service vessels since 1975, when KoreaÕs Ministry of National Defense nominated it as the designer and builder of the first indigenous Korean frigate Ulsan Class. HHIÕs Special and Naval Shipbuilding Division (SNSD) was entrusted with this special task, having specialised manpower and streamlined modern facilities. as a licensed National Defense Industrial Shipbuilding Company and engineering consultant, HHIÕs SNSD has the advanced technology to design and build modern, reliable naval ships and auxiliary service vessels of various proven and advanced hull forms. HHI has expertise in building a large variety of naval requirements, ranging from submarines, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, inshore patrol vessels, fast attack craft to high and medium speed marine diesel engines. The noteworthy achievements are HDD-10000 aegis destroyer, HDD-5000 stealth destroyer, 1800-tonne class aIP submarine, HDF-2000H frigate, HDC-1200 corvette and offshore/inshore patrol vessels, HDP-600 patrol vessel, HDS500 fast attack craft and various types of logistic support ships.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine engineering (DSMe) has made a remarkable impact on the global market since its foundation in 1973. DSMe has expertise in building submarines, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), salvage and rescue vessels, fast patrol boats and submarine rescue ships. The noteworthy examples are DWKSS-I/II submarines, DW10000D/5500D destroyer, DW 1200C corvette, DW 1800 patrol vessel, DW4000r submarine rescue ship, etc.
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd (HHIC)
beginning in 1972, HHIC has built highspeed patrol boats, frigates, corvettes, landing ship tanks, oceanographic vessels, salvage ships, midget submarines, multipurpose logistic supply ships and hovercrafts and also exported them. The noteworthy examples are the 19,000-tonne assault landing ship, fast frigate class, patrol corvette class, patrol killer guided missile, various types of OPVs, etc.
Kangnam Corporation (KNC)
KNC has been at the top of the leading Korean glass-reinforced plastic (GrP) hull shipbuilders since commencement of its shipyard operations in 1968. It has built all types of GrP hull naval ships and special-purpose vessels and has successfully built and delivered minesweeping hunters (MSHs), minehunting crafts (MHCs), and various high-speed patrol boats to the Korean Navy. The noteworthy examples are minesweeping and hunting craft (KMSH)1, KMHC 1,500 tonne class patrol Craft1, etc.