Hanjin Heavy Phils. gets new order for 2 bulk carrier vessels

The global economic crisis has apparently eased up as Taiwanese shipping company Hsin Chien Marine Co., Ltd. ordered at least two capesize bulk carrier vessels from Korean shipbuilding conglomerate Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction- Philippines, Inc. (HHIC-Phil, Inc.). The two 180,000 ton vessels will be built inside Hanjin’s billion-dollar shipbuilding facility in Subic and is due for delivery on September 2011 on a staggered basis.
The shipbuilding company won the contract from Hsien Chien Marine Co., Ltd. due to its well-trained workforce, state-of-the-art technology, highly efficient shipbuilding processes, and high quality of workmanship.
With its 17,000 strong workforce, HHIC-Phil., Inc. already expanded its operations by producing 10,000 TEU and 4,000 TEU Container Ships, Tankers, and Bulk Carriers. It will gradually undertake the construction of 260k CBM (Q-Max Class) LNG Carriers, Drill Ships, FPSO, and Marine Plants.
Strategically located in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, this shipbuilder has two large dry docks measuring 30m x 100m x 12.5m and 550m x 135m x 13.5m and each dry dock is equipped with 2 Goliath Cranes. Its quay wall has a span of 4 kilometers and its assembly shop is about a kilometer long.
Early this month, HHIC-Phil., Inc. just unveiled its first ever oil tanker manufactured in its Philippines shipyard. The 114k DWT crude oil tanker named Leyla K is the largest oil tanker ever built in the Philippines.
The construction of HHIC-Phil. Inc.’s shipyard started last February 2006 and its successful construction has produced one of the biggest shipyards in the world with standing shipbuilding orders due for delivery for the next 2.5 years so far.