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South Korea will flag off on Saturday a container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially

South Korean shipping companies SK Shipping Co. and H-Line Shipping Co. — both owned by private equity firm Hahn & Co. — will swap tankers and contracts to

South Korean exporters are enthusiastic about the country’s maiden container shipping voyage through the Northern Sea

The Republic of Korea and the United States have officially launched the Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington, D.C., establishing

SEOUL, July 13 (Reuters) – The South Korean navy early on Monday morning recovered the body of a seaman who went missing at sea over the weekend

SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) – South Korea’s unification ministry is seeking North Korea’s help to find a missing seaman near the two

South Korea’s Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) has dispatched its research icebreaker Araon on the country’s 17th Arctic expedition, with this

Arctic shipping continues to attract interest as melting sea ice and geopolitical disruptions push companies to explore faster trade routes between Asia and

By Sarina Yoo and Denny Thomas Jun 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the navy must become part of the country’s nuclear

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that an attack on a cargo ship operated by local shipper HMM 011200.KS in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this

South Korea has preliminarily selected shipping company Panstar Line to operate the country’s first trial container voyage along Russia’s Northern Sea

A South Korean-flagged supertanker appears to be attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, which, if successful, would be the first crossing of such a vessel

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured its first overseas order for an icebreaker, winning a contract from Sweden in a deal that signals

The U.S. Coast Guard is quashing the latest rumor on tankers looking to reposition to the Atlantic and Pacific trades instead of staying in the Middle

Energy export data shows South Korean jet fuel exports to the United States West Coast is dropping as countries around the world are holding onto the energy

South Korea plans to send a containership through Arctic waters from Busan to Rotterdam this September, marking its first concrete step toward opening a faster

HD Hyundai has signed a strategic partnership with the Tamil Nadu state government to establish a new shipyard in India, marking the latest move by the South

General Dynamics NASSCO has joined forces with South Korean shipbuilding leaders Samsung Heavy Industries and longtime partner DSEC Co., Ltd. in a strategic

South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai has secured a 2.13 trillion won ($1.5 billion) contract to build eight dual-fuel containerships for South Korea

South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai has become the first shipbuilder in the world to deliver 5,000 vessels, marking a historic milestone half a century