What is the shipbuilding industry?
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships
and floating vessels.
It normally takes place in a specialized facility
known as a shipyard.
What is the shipbuilding industry?
South Korea is the world's largest shipbuilding nation with a global market share of 53.2% in 2011.
South Korea is the global leader in the production of advanced high-tech
Hyundai heavy industries. It was established in 1972, world’s number one shipbuilder and leads the shipbuilding industry with a 15% share of the market. The number of employees of the company is over 25,000. Its capital is about 15,451 billion won. Its head office is at Ulsan. It has a shipyard in Goon-san Its main business sector is shipbuilding like LNG/LPG ships, Containers, and special ship