Hyundai and Daewoo invoke rescue plan with 10 tanker vessels

With huge subsidies behind them, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and shipyard Daewoo have cashed in on the government's new rescue package with an agreement for ten new super tankers, VLCCs. More orders are on the way.
Photo: Thorbjørn Hansen
Photo: Thorbjørn Hansen

South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), which was rescued from the brink of economic collapse by the South Korean government last year, will almost double its tanker fleet and order up to 10 super tankers, VLCCs, from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

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