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Shipbuilding Companies in the World in 2020

By Olen T. Pena


The shipbuilding industry is recognised as one of the most profitable industries in the world. In spite of the financial slump which we are suffering, there are constantly many innovations in the shipbuilding sector, which has allowed one to stay on top of their competitive arena. Ships are one of the key mode of transportation for the countries around the world which can allow them to be an integral part of the development of nations. In this article, we are going to be learning about the best shipbuilding companies as of 2020.


Hyundai Heavy Industry

Hyundai has proven to be the best shipbuilding sector in the industry. It is based in Ulsan, South Korea which has the established a record for itself. It has till date modelled over 1428 ships of various shapes and sizes.


Daewoo Shipbuilding

Daewoo shipbuilding is one of the giants in shipbuilding, they are located in Okpo and known for its sustainable giant ships. They are already looking into the future of delivery which is much talked about. They have till date modelled over 834 ships with the shipyard of 68,284,087 GT
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Samsung Heavy Industry

Samsung Heavy Industry is also one of the top three companies in the world which specialised in vessels like the LNG, FPSO. The tonnage of the production till date has been around 58,082,349, which is for about 785 ships from its existence.

Hyundai Samho

Hyundai Samho is located in Yeongam, which has a production capacity of the approximately 40 vessels. The Gross tonnage production to date is 28,414,515 GT which includes the likes of 372 ships.


Mitsubishi Heavy Industry

Mitsubishi is ranked the top shipbuilding industry in the world as it specialises in commercial vessels which include things like an oil tanker, cruise ships. The total gross production tonnage till date is set at 19,506,548 GT, which includes the likes of 315 ships.

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding

Tsuneishi is the leading shipbuilding company in Japan which specialises in building the medium-sized bulk carrier ships. The gross tonnage production till date includes 492 ships to 17,824,038 GT.


Oshima Shipbuilding

Oshima Shipbuilding is another bulk carrier shipbuilding company which has a gross tonnage of over 16,983,004 which includes the likes of 539 ships.

Hyundai Mipo

Hyundai Mipo is one of the most versatile product in terms of the conventional and specialised vessel, Hyundai Mipos is well known for the same as they deliver mid-size chemical tanker with a Panamax container ship. The gross tonnage of the production till date includes 618 ships.

Imbari Shipbuilding

Imbari Shipbuilding is one of the first vehicle carriers which delivered VLCC of the 300,000 DW. The gross tonnage production to date is 15,692,687 GT which includes the likes of 393 ships.

 

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Pakistan begins manufacture of indigenous Missile Boat

1 May 1998

Pakistan, on 30 April 1998, started construction of its first naval craft fitted with short-range missiles at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW). The missile craft would be able to carry C-802 type missile and can hit target up to 150 kilometres away. The craft is set to cost Rs. 824 million (US $18.51m), far less than the price of 80 million dollars on the international market for a similar craft.

Secretary Defence Lt. Gen. (Retd) Iftikhar Ali Khan performed the keel laying at a simple ceremony here at KSEW on Thursday, 30 April 1998. He said that missile boat is a special purpose naval craft and Pakistan Navy has an appreciable demand for such crafts and other warships, required to defend maritime frontiers. He said KSEW is a national asset and Ministry of Defence will not allow its failure and assist Shipyard to come out of difficult period. He urged KSEW workers to refrain from strikes and sit-ins and work with dedication and patience, helping the institution to overcome any crisis.

Gen. Iftikhar Ali Khan said though Pakistan is a maritime nation but the share of Pakistani shipping companies in country's imports and exports is less than 10 per cent. 'As a defence planner I feel that it is of paramount importance that expansion and modernisation of country's port and shipping sector be undertaken on war footing', Gen. Khan said.

Earlier, KSEW Managing Director, Rear Admiral Javed Iftikhar in his welcome address said that 200 tons craft will carry two sets of Chinese built C-802 type surface-to-surface missile systems covering a range of more than 150 kilometres. He said the sophisticated craft has the capability to keep enemy away from Pakistan' seas and can defend itself from air attacks with the help of its radar controlled guns and electronic jammer. He said engineers of Pakistan Navy have designed and developed this craft and was later successfully verified through model testing. He pointed out that Pakistan Navy has already ordered for 36 tons bollard pull tug and pressure hull construction work of the Agosta 90-B submarine.

Admiral Iftikhar said during the last 40 year KSEW has built more than 430 different types of vessels, including cargo ships, bulk carriers, tugs, dredgers, pilot boats, hopper barges, etc for Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bangladesh.

 

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Pakistan begins manufacture of indigenous Missile Boat

1 May 1998

Pakistan, on 30 April 1998, started construction of its first naval craft fitted with short-range missiles at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW). The missile craft would be able to carry C-802 type missile and can hit target up to 150 kilometres away. The craft is set to cost Rs. 824 million (US $18.51m), far less than the price of 80 million dollars on the international market for a similar craft.

Secretary Defence Lt. Gen. (Retd) Iftikhar Ali Khan performed the keel laying at a simple ceremony here at KSEW on Thursday, 30 April 1998. He said that missile boat is a special purpose naval craft and Pakistan Navy has an appreciable demand for such crafts and other warships, required to defend maritime frontiers. He said KSEW is a national asset and Ministry of Defence will not allow its failure and assist Shipyard to come out of difficult period. He urged KSEW workers to refrain from strikes and sit-ins and work with dedication and patience, helping the institution to overcome any crisis.

Gen. Iftikhar Ali Khan said though Pakistan is a maritime nation but the share of Pakistani shipping companies in country's imports and exports is less than 10 per cent. 'As a defence planner I feel that it is of paramount importance that expansion and modernisation of country's port and shipping sector be undertaken on war footing', Gen. Khan said.

Earlier, KSEW Managing Director, Rear Admiral Javed Iftikhar in his welcome address said that 200 tons craft will carry two sets of Chinese built C-802 type surface-to-surface missile systems covering a range of more than 150 kilometres. He said the sophisticated craft has the capability to keep enemy away from Pakistan' seas and can defend itself from air attacks with the help of its radar controlled guns and electronic jammer. He said engineers of Pakistan Navy have designed and developed this craft and was later successfully verified through model testing. He pointed out that Pakistan Navy has already ordered for 36 tons bollard pull tug and pressure hull construction work of the Agosta 90-B submarine.

Admiral Iftikhar said during the last 40 year KSEW has built more than 430 different types of vessels, including cargo ships, bulk carriers, tugs, dredgers, pilot boats, hopper barges, etc for Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bangladesh.

 

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Karachi Shipyard launches first Pakistani Missile craft built with Chinese help for the Pakistan Navy

27 March 1999

KARACHI: Pakistan launched on Friday, 26 March 1999, its first missile craft built at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) with Chinese technical assistance. The Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Fasih Bokhari launched the "Shujaat-2" fast attack missile craft in Karachi, and thanked China for providing the necessary design and equipment support to the venture. This is the first missile craft built at KSEW, the sources said.

Speaking on the occasion, Admiral Fasih said that the port, shipping, shipyard and navy noted that KSEW had great potential for the maritime defence and industrial sectors of Pakistan. Its optimum utilization could usher socio-economic benefits to the country. Despite limited resources the Pakistan Navy was pondering upon occupying major segment of the shipyard's potential through award of orders for new vessels and craft, he said.

He described the launching of this missile craft a new dimension in the expertise of KSEW and said assistance of time tested friend China in providing necessary design and equipment support is praise-worthy and we look forward to their continued support in future also.

He added that KSEW was the only support available in the country to give strength to these four pillars.

Earlier in his welcome address Rear Admiral (Retd.) Javed Iftikhar, the Managing Director of the KSEW, said that the shipyard had constructed and supplied a number of naval support vessels like tugs, coastal tankers, towed away barges, floating dock and pontoons.

The launching of the missile craft has taken this strategic national industry into the domain of warship construction, MD KSEW said adding that such projects help in developing a culture of discipline, commitment and high organizational performance.

 

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Pakistan to build four frigates with help from China

Karachi, Apr 12, 2000 : The Pakistan navy has placed orders with the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) for four frigates which will be built under a joint venture with China, press reports said today.

"The government of Pakistan has in principle agreed to place the order for the construction of four frigates for the navy", KSEW managing director Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was quoted as saying. An agreement was expected to be signed in June.

The Pakistan navy is operating with only ten surface ships and was in need of more vessels to maintain a strategic balance with its arch rival India he said. "The first of the four frigates will be built in China and the remaining three will be constructed in Pakistan", Ahmed said.

The total estimated cost of the four frigates is around 500 million US dollars. A formal contract signing would be held in June, the KSEW managing director said.

 

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Largest-ever tug built at Karachi Shipyard launched

KARACHI: The first of the five tugs, ordered by Pakistan Navy, was launched by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works on Tuesday after a modest ceremony.The launched craft, named as PNT Dalair, a 32-ton Bollards capacity Tug, the largest ever built at KSEW, has a power good enough for tugging a vessel up to 20,000 TDW. The tug has the most modern Azimuth Propulsion System, which gives increased maneuverability to ship.

Addressing at the launching ceremony, Lt Gen (retd) Nasim Rana, Secretary Defence, said that indigenous construction of vessels for Pakistan Navy at KSEW was a laudable policy, which would go a long way towards supporting the important public sector industry. Referring to the launching of the tug, the Secretary said that his ministry was confident that KSEW, an important commercial component of the ministry, would address all the requirements of vessels for other public sector organisations in the maritime sector.

Highlighting the efforts for revitalisation of the oldest but financially unstable shipyard, Nasim Rana said that Ministry of Defence would support the management in its plan of revitalizing the shipyard financially, economically and technologically, with the aim to finally expand its export potential base. He, however, pointed out that KSEW was a commercial enterprise and its management's thinking and actions had to be commercially-oriented if it were to re-establish itself as one of the best yards in the region.

Shipbuilding and ship repairing can perhaps be the largest sources of earning foreign exchange through export of non-traditional items, he said and hoped that with enormous experience of constructing small warships, submarines and support craft, there was no reason why KSEW could not get sizeable business from friendly navies.

He stressed that local ports and shipping sector organisations should also give preference to KSEW for their new building and repair works. At this juncture, he mentioned that sovereign assurance of quality, cost and commitment compliance, as given by MD Shipyard in his address, would surely attract the attention of the business and industrial sector in general and that of the ports and shipping sector in particular.

In his address of welcome, Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmad, Managing Director of KSEW, informed that the shipyard had received orders for five tugs - two of 32 tons, two of 10 tons and one of 36 tons bollard pull capacity. After today's launch of the first one, the remaining four would also be launched latest by end-September. He said that KSEW was ready and determined to play its role for translating the self-reliance policy objectives of the government into action plan to construct ships/vessels for public sector organisations and warships for Pakistan Navy.

He said that a shipyard equipped to construct seagoing vessels for merchant navy, warships for the Navy and support vessels for the port complexes, was an inescapable need of any maritime nation. In addition to ship and missile boat building for Pakistan Navy, KSEW has also successfully addressed the repair requirements of the Pakistan Navy, PNSC and port complexes, he informed.

He said that instead of concentrating on old conventional business of 60s and 70s KSEW needed to rejuvenate in all fields of activities and diversify efforts to meet ever rising requirement of customers in the new millenium. We are focussing on the regional market to earn foreign exchange for the country and the prospects are bright, he added.

He said that there was a great demand of tugs for Pakistan's Ports and Shipping sector of about 40 to 50 tons capacity, which KSEW could easily build. KSEW built tugs are not only giving satisfactory services at the Pakistani ports for the last four decades, but four tugs, two each for Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, built and exported were also performing well. Admiral (retd) HMS Choudhry and representatives also attended the launching ceremony, among others, from the three services. The chief guest launched the tug and named her PNT Dalair.

 

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Federal, Balochistan govts sign agreement on Gwadar Shipyard Project


February 3, 2021

The federal and Balochistan governments have signed an agreement regarding the development of the Gwadar Shipyard Project, Geo News reported Tuesday.

According to the outlet, a ceremony was held in this regard which was attended by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan while the Federal government was represented by the Defense Production minister Zubaida Jalal. Several other federal and provincial officials were also in attendance.

Speaking to journalists after signing the agreement, Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that the project serves as a "historic move," adding that such projects would bring economic stability to the province.

On the other hand, Zubaida Jalal said that a shipyard in Gwadar was needed for a long time, adding that under the agreement, a ship-repairing and maintenance department will be established.

"To run the shipyard, the youth of Balochistan will be given preference," she said, adding that the staffers will be sent to Karachi and Taxila for heavy engineering and technical training.

Federal, Balochistan govts sign agreement on Gwadar Shipyard Project

The federal and Balochistan governments have signed an agreement regarding the development of the Gwadar Shipyard Project, Geo News reported Tuesday.According to the outlet, a ceremony was held in...

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MoU signed for building Gwadar shipyard
Saleem ShahidPublished February 3, 2021Updated a day ago
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QUETTA: Chief Minister Mir Jam Kamal Khan and Federal Minister for Production Defence Zubaida Jalal look on signing of an agreement between the federal and provincial governments for establishment of Gwadar shipyard on Tuesday.—APP

QUETTA: Federal Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal has said that the federal and provincial governments are jointly making efforts for the socioeconomic development of Balochistan as it holds economic future of Pakistan.
While speaking at the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of Gwadar shipyard on Tuesday, she said not only ships would be built at the yard, but it would also provide repairing facilities in the region and training facilities would also be available.
She said that this project is of great regional importance strategically and after completion it will not only create employment for the locals, but will boost revenue generation for provincial economy.
She said that in the first phase technical and managerial human resources would come from other areas of the country, but after completion of training locals would be inducted on these posts.
“The project office has been opened in Gwadar and after completion of its feasibility study in two to three years, the construction of the project will be started,” she added.
Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that joint initiatives of federal and provincial governments will usher in a new era of prosperity and economic development in the province.
“Construction of Gwadar shipyard will benefit the business community in general and population of Balochistan as a whole,” he said.“The provincial government is planning to promote tourism in Gwadar, jetty, fish processing units and other projects while the shipyard project will not affect the population,” he said.
Secretary Industry Balochistan Hafiz Abdul Majid and Additional Secretary Defence Production Ghulam Jaffar signed the MoU.
Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2021