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CONTENTS                                                                                                                                      Autumn 2013

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                                                                                                                              CEO MESSAGE
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                VIEW POINT
                                                                                                                                                                                       GLOBAL HHI
                                                                                                                              Aiming Higher with                                                                                                US Shale Gas to Drive More
                                                                                                                              Eyes on Customer Satisfaction                            Singapore,                                               LNG Carrier Orders
                                                                                                                                                                                       the Lion City
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                                                                                                                              06                                                                                                                FINANCIAL NEWS

                                                                                                                              COVER STORY                                                                                                       The Light at the End
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of the Tunnel
                                                                                                                              Survival of
                                                                                                                              the Fittest in                                                                                                    34
                                                                                                                              Shipbuilding                                                                                                      TECHNOLOGY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Low-Noise Design of
                                                                                                                              Business                                                                                                          Offshore Facilities
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                                                                                                                                                                                       FEATURE

                                                                                                                                                                                       HHI’s New Drillship –                                    35
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ANALYST REPORT
                                                                                                                                                                                       HD 12000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Slow and Steady Improvement
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                                                                                                                                                                                       PEOPLE                                                   36
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                KOREAN PANORAMA
                                                                                                                                                                                       Yoon Finds Life
                                                                                                                                                                                       in Hyundai Heavy                                         From Missionaries to Gymnasts
KOREAN CRAFT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    and Gorillas: Baseball in Korea
                                                                                                                                                                                       PEOPLE

                                                                                                                                                                                       Creating a New Future –
                                                                                                                                                                                       The Glen Lyon FPSO

What Looks Good Tastes Good                                                                                                   11
                                                                                                                              HHI ROUNDUP
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                                                                                                                                                                                       NEW PRODUCTS

                                                                                                                              Hyundai Heavy Develops                                   All New ForkLift,
There is a saying in Korea – what looks good tastes good. It reflects the noble culture for food of old Koreans who
                                                                                                                              Hi-Res Marine Digital Radar                              10/13/15 BTR-9
wholeheartedly made even the smallest thing. The ddeoksal, a rice cake pattern maker which makes nice shapes with
several patterns, would be the best symbolic icon for this wisdom. The ddeoksal is mostly made of wood or ceramic, with
these stamps regarded as a fine work of art themselves. Cutting the rice cake into the right size and pressing the ddeoksal
on it gently, the bold pattern stands out. Koreans used to wish for good fortune and longevity by engraving the yin-yang
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symbol, plaid, chrysanthemum, and fish. To celebrate, cheer up, or send a present on a special day, people express their      tions Department at hhiopr@hhi.co.kr, tel +82 52 202 2287. New Horizons is now available to download in pdf format at http://english.hhi.co.kr/others/magazine The
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Aiming Higher with Eyes on
Customer Satisfaction

                                             W       ell past the half way mark of the year, the world econo-
                                                     my has yet to show signs of recovery and neither does
                                             the global shipping industry. Amid growing concerns that the
                                                                                                                to build five 18,400 TEU container carriers, so far the larg-
                                                                                                                est of their kind. It has also received an order to build one
                                                                                                                semi-submersible drilling rig from Diamond Offshore. The
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Electro Electric Systems Division is facing tough com-
                                                                                                                                                                                  petition from both the industry’s leading companies and
                                                                                                                                                                                  late starters. Nevertheless, it is gaining competitiveness
                                             prolonged, tepid growth could be a new norm, HHI is push-          Offshore & Engineering Division has achieved 90.2% of its         through continued development of production technologies
                                             ing ahead with our efforts to surmount the present challenges      order target for this year, winning orders worth USD 5.4          and streamlined project management.
                                             by optimizing the management of resources and maximizing           billion of the goal of USD 6 billion.                                  The Construction Equipment Division’s efforts to carve
                                             synergy across the business divisions.                                  Despite increasingly tough competition in the global in-     out overseas markets are paying dividends. Although the
                                                  In particular, we are placing renewed focus on honing         dustrial plant construction market, the Industrial Plant & En-    markets have shrunk to 2008 levels due to the world eco-
                                             our competitive edge by keeping ourselves at the forefront         gineering Division won the Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant (SSPP)       nomic slowdown, the division’s sales have been on a steady
                                             of innovation and technology development attuned to ever           Project in Saudi Arabia on August 4. The division is also just    rise. Furthermore, with a view to further expanding its busi-
                                             changing market demands. While continuing to strengthen            a few steps away from winning the contract to build a power       ness, it has entered into a strategic alliance with Atlas Wey-
                                             our core competencies, we are aiming higher with our sights        and desalination plant in Kuwait worth USD 1 billion.             hausen, making continued efforts to create fresh demand.
                                             firmly set on providing greater value for our clients.                  Given the heightened global interest in fuel efficiency,          The world economic outlook is murky at best, dominat-
                                                  We are pleased to report that we are on track to achieve      the Engine & Machinery Division, which started develop-           ed by persisting uncertainties. Undaunted, Hyundai Heavy
Lee Jai-seong, President & CEO               our sales and order targets for this year without much diffi-      ment of environment-friendly and fuel efficient marine and        Industries is sailing forward steady and firm, guided by
                                             culty. The Shipbuilding Division has already achieved 64.1%        stationary engines early on, currently finds itself in an ad-     its passion for excellence and confidence to meet and pre-
                                             of its order target, winning orders amounting to USD 3.1 bil-      vantageous position. Moreover, it plans to further increase       vail over any challenges. Whatever the future may have in
                                             lion within the first half of this year. The division recently     its revenues by expanding the application of its HiMSEN           store for us, our focus will always remain the same: bring-
                                             won an order from CSCL (China Shipping Container Lines)            engines to offshore facilities.                                   ing greater value and satisfaction to our clients.

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Survival
of the Fittest
                  “We are certainly in better shape than last year,
                   but it is premature to say the shipbuilding
                   market has recovered. Fundamentals have yet

in Shipbuilding    to be improved,” said Kim Oi-hyun, HHI’s
                   president and COO of shipbuilding division.

Business
By Alex Lee

                   A     protracted maritime recession
                         has driven the world’s shipbuild-
                   ers to fight for survival in increasingly
                                                               worth of contracts, nearly 60% of the
                                                               2013 target.
                                                                   By the end of this year, Hyun-
                   choppy conditions. No one knows for         dai Heavy’s shipbuilding backlog is
                   sure when the industry will bounce          expected to rise to 20 months from
                   back and many shipyards, big and            around 18 months. The yard’s once
                   small, are in grave peril.                  30-month backlog has declined over
                        After failing to meet its target       the past years because of dwindling
                   la st yea r, Hy u nda i Heav y I ndus-      orders for new ships.
                   tries (HHI) is mounting an aggres-              “We are certainly in better shape
                   sive campaign to win more orders for        than last year, but it is premature to
                   its value-added vessels and boost sag-      say the shipbuilding market has re-
                   ging profits. It seems the world’s big-     covered. Fundamentals have yet to
                   gest shipyard’s shipbuilding division       improve,” said Kim Oi-hyun, HHI’s
                   and its affiliated company, Hyundai         president and COO of the Shipbuild-
                   Samho Heavy, are well on their way          ing Division.
                   to achieving their 2013 order target of         Mr. Kim, 59, a 38-year veteran
                   USD 12.5 billion for this year.             who has witnessed the ups and downs
                        In the f irst six months of this       of the world’s shipbuilding industry,
                   year, Hyundai Heavy and its Hyun-           sees an only modest recovery of the
                   dai Samho unit won USD 6.8 billion          global shipbuilding business in the

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coming years, though new ship prices        ity support from its creditors to survive.
might have already hit the bottom.
“The market is expected to get better,      Chinese Yards
but the pace of growth will not be as       Mr. Kim sees uncertainties in global
fast as before,” said Mr. Kim.              economic outlook spelling more trou-
     “We are now seeing a light at the      ble for China, which has aggressive-
end of the tunnel,” said Kim.               ly pushed to modernize its drydocks
     “Looking back at our past, there       and close the technological gap with
were many times when our docks              South Korean competitors in recent
were empty,” said Kim. “When we             years. The huge expansion in China
overcome the current diff iculties,         helped create a glut of low-tech ves-
there will be much better opportuni-        sels that has kept freight rates low and
ties for us.”                               prolonged the agony for shipowners
     Hyundai Heavy, having diversi-         across the globe.
fied its vessel portfolio by building            Debt-laden shipyards in China
more sophisticated and fuel-efficient       that otherwise should have gone bust
vessels, is relatively well positioned to   were allowed to stay af loat thanks
weather the prolonged shipbuilding          to increased policy loans by Chinse
slump because of the shipping indus-        lenders under government control.
try’s move away from dry bulk carri-        But Beijing will not be able to keep
ers and tankers to higher value vessels.    providing a lifeline to what has now
     Four years into one of the worst       become an unprof it able business.
downturns to afflict the global ship-       Chinese shipyards are offering deep
ping industry, hundreds of small to         discounts for new vessels to protect
mid-sized shipyards are teetering on        market share from rivals in South Ko-
the brink of extinction as orders dwin-     rea and Japan.
dle and lenders slash credit lines.              Chinese industry executives say
     As one of the most striking remind-    as many as half of China’s 1,600 ship-
ers of the current global shipbuilding      building companies are expected to
gloom, China Rongsheng Heavy indus-         go bankrupt or be acquired by larger
tries, China’s largest private shipbuild-   rivals in the next two or three years.
er and a major supplier of bulk carriers,        In contrast to Chinese shipbuilders’
said in July it was seeking emergency       gloom, South Korea’s long established
funding from the Chinese government         shipbuilders may benefit from the wave
and its largest shareholder.                of consolidation in the shipbuilding sec-
     STX Offshore and Shipbuilding,         tor and further strengthen their position
one of South Korea’s leading shipbuild-     as a major force after the recovery.
ers, is also relying on emergency liquid-        South Korea surpassed China last

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“We need to further distinguish ourselves in
 technology, quality and services and make rapid
 progress. That’s the key to open a new era.”

 year as the industry’s most sought af-      in line with ship speed and sea condi-      over China, such as mega container-
 ter shipbuilding nation, as shipowners      tions. It plans to hand over the vessels    ships, large LNG/LPG carriers, and
 become more interested in advanced          starting in the second half of next year.   offshore vessels.
 and fuel-efficient vessels to help off-          China Shipping’s purchase of the            “Technology is our key weapon,”
 set rising maintenance and fuel costs.      five vessels comes as new and big-          Mr. Kim added.
 In 2012, South Koreans won contracts        ger vessels delivered from Asian ship-           Mr. Kim said Hyundai Heavy has
 worth nearly USD 30 billion, while          builders are expected to enter the mar-     no plan to expand yards, but added
 Chinese yards received USD 18.2 bil-        ket in the months to come, adding to a      the company will go ahead with R&D
 lion worth of orders, according to          market already fighting overcapacity.       investment to develop new models of
 World Shipyard Monitor published by              Hyundai Heavy is expecting to          high-tech vessels and eco-friendly en-
 Clarkson Research Services.                 win more orders for such big contain-       gines.
      In the first half of this year, Chi-   erships this year.                               “We will go ahead with invest-
 nese shipyards received USD 10.5 bil-            Mr. Kim said Hyundai Heavy’s           ment in R&D because right now is the
 lion in orders, while South Korean          booming offshore engineering unit,          best time for investment,” said Kim.
 builders received USD 18.5 billion,         which builds FPSO and other offshore             He said the company is current-
 according to Clarkson.                      drilling and production facilities, is      ly marketing its own new models of
      In an efficiency drive, the con-       well on track to surpass the 2013 or-       drillships and LNG carriers after de-
 tainer shipping industry has seen a         der target of USD 6 billion. In the first   veloping them in accordance with
 trend towards building ever bigger          half, the unit received about USD 5.4       customer needs. Hyundai Heavy has
 vessels, which will also benefit Hyun-      billion worth of contracts.                 also developed a ship tank for LNG
 dai Heavy, a dominant supplier of ul-            China wants its yards to move up       carriers, saving the company on roy-
 tra large box ships.                        the value chain by building higher-         alty payments.
      In January this year, Hyundai          quality vessels and to become a player           In July, Hyundai Heavy said its
 Heavy won a USD 600 million order           in the offshore engineering business,       consortium had succeeded in develop-
 from Seaspan for five 14,000 TEU con-       a lucrative sector in the generally de-     ing “vessel digital radar” which can de-
 tainerships. The contract included an       pressed shipbuilding market.                tect objects as small as 70 centimetres
 option exercisable by the owner to or-           Mr. Kim said it will take time for     in diameter from 10 km away. Its core
 der five additional container ships of      China to catch up to South Korea in         part, the solid-state power amplifier,
 the same class to be built by Hyundai       production technologies of high-end         has a lifespan of 50,000 hours, more
 Heavy. Delivery is scheduled from 2015.     vessels, “but we need to further distin-    than 16 times that of its predecessor.
      In May, Hyundai Heavy signed a         guish ourselves in technology, quality,          The radar can be delivered for
 contract to deliver five of the world’s     and services and make rapid progress.       use in ships as early as next year.
 largest containership to China Ship-        That’s the key to opening a new era.”            In line with information technolo-
 ping Containers Lines for USD 700                                                       gy development, HHI is embarking on
 million. Each ship can carry 18,400         Technology                                  a new project, Smart Ship 2.0, which
 20-foot boxes. The new fuel-efficient       Mr. Kim said Hyundai Heavy’s busi-          will fortify its marine solutions.
 ships will use a main engine that can       ness focus will be in the area where
 automatically control fuel consumption      the company has a technological edge        The writer is a journalist based in Seoul

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                                                                                     recognized as MVP by recording the
Companywide                                                                          highest score (98.94) in the competition.   Shipbuilding
                                                                                          HHI has produced 88 prize win-
Hyundai Heavy Develops                                                               ners including 46 gold medal winners        Hyundai Heavy Wins Order to Build World’s
                                                                                     and 14 silver medal winners since it
Hi-Res Marine Digital Radar                                                          first participated in the World Skills      Largest Containerships
                                                                                     Competition in 1978.

                                                                                     Shipbuilding

                                                                                     HHI Launches Navy’s Second Frigate
                                                                                     HHI unveiled the South Korean Navy’s
                                                                                     second 2,300-tonne frigate on July 18.
                                                                                          The launching ceremony took
                                                                                     place at Hyundai Heavy’s shipyard
HHI announced on July 2 that it de-       functionality of the marine radar can      in Ulsan, attended by the Chairman
veloped a next-generation high-res-       be used for military purposes as well      of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Navy
olution marine digital radar that can     as on offshore facilities and airplanes.   chief, and other senior officials.
detect objects as small as 70 cm from          Hyundai Heavy plans to com-                The frigate is capable of carrying
10 km away.                               mercialize the new digital radar by        maritime operations helicopters, and
     The new radar for ships is the       2015 after approval from internation-      is equipped with advanced radar sys-        HHI won a USD 700 million or-             main engine will maximize fuel effi-      The containerships, measuring 400
fruit of a joint development project      al classification societies in the sec-    tems, a 127-mm main gun, sonar sys-         der for five 18,400 TEU container-        ciency, and reduce noise, vibrations,     mm in length, 58.6 m in width and 30.5
between HHI and nine organizations        ond half of 2014.                          tem as well as anti-aircraft and anti-      ships from China Shipping Contain-        and carbon emissions by automatical-      m in depth, are scheduled to be hand-
including state-run research institutes        “Starting with the development        ship missiles. It has a maximum speed       er Lines (Hong Kong) on May 6.            ly controlling fuel consumption to suit   ed over from the second half of 2014.
since July 2010.                          of this new marine digital radar, we       of 30 knots and accommodates up to               The world’s largest containerships   sailing speed and sea conditions. The          With this order, HHI has won or-
     The solid-state power amplifi-       aim to set up new technological stan-      120 personnel.                              will feature an electronically-con-       EcoBallast system can treat 3,000 m3      ders for 10 ultra-large containerships
er of the new radar has a lifespan of     dards in the global shipbuilding in-            The Incheon-class frigate was          trolled main engine and HHI’s Eco-        of seawater per hour by filtering, and    this year including five 14,000 TEU
50,000 hours, which is about 16 times     dustry,” said Mr. Hwang See-young,         named ROKS Gyeonggi, after the prov-        Ballast seawater treatment system.        sterilizing bacteria and plankton big-    containerships from Seaspan Corp.
longer than that of predecessor. The      CIO of Hyundai Heavy.                      ince that surrounds the capital Seoul            The electronica lly-controlled       ger than 50 µm with ultraviolet rays.     in January.
                                                                                     and the western port city of Incheon.
                                          tion, and Mr. Hong Jin-mu won a sil-       The first frigate, ROKS Incheon, was        launched in January.                      HHI announced on May 30 that it           be delivered
Companywide
                                          ver medal in the sheet metal section.                                                       ROKS Gyeonggi will be delivered      won a USD 750 million order to build      by November 2015.
Four Win Prizes in World                  Mr. Eun Sung-hyun, and Mr. Jang Jun-                                                   to the Navy next year and deployed        a semisubmersible drilling rig for Dia-
Skills Competition                        hee won bronze medals in distributive                                                  for operation in 2015.                    mond Offshore.
Four of HHI’s employees won prizes        technique of communications network                                                                                                   The drilling rig, measuring 123 m
at the 42nd World Skills Competition      and plumbing sectors, respectively. The                                                                                          in length and 96 m in width, can op-
                                                                                                                                 Shipbuilding
in Germany on July 7.                     winners are all from HHI’s Technical                                                                                             erate in waters 3,000 m deep with a
     Mr. Won Hyun-woo won a gold          Education Institute. The competition’s                                                 HHI Wins USD 750 Million                  drilling range of 12,200 m from the
medal in the steel-frame structure sec-   gold medal winner, Mr. Won, was also                                                   Semisub Rig Order                         sea’s surface. The rig is scheduled to

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Industrial Plant & Engineering                                                                                                  Engine & Machinery

Hyundai Heavy Wins USD 3.3 Billion Power                                                                                        Ballast Water Treatment System Accepted
Plant Order in Saudi Arabia                                                                                                     by US Coast Guard
                                                                                     135 km north of Jazan, by 2017.
                                                                                          Hyundai Heavy also adopts the
                                                                                     supercritical generator technology
                                                                                     that the Company used in the USD 3.2
                                                                                     billion Jeddah South Thermal Power
                                                                                     Plant ( JSTPP) project it was awarded
                                                                                     from SEC in October 2012. The su-
                                                                                     percritical generator is used to gener-
                                                                                     ate electric power by operating at such
                                                                                     a high pressure that it uses less fuel
                                                                                     and produces less greenhouse gases
                                                                                     than other types of steam generators.
                                                                                     Upon completion, the steam power
                                                                                     plant will be able to produce enough
                                                                                     electricity for about 2 million people.
                                                                                          The signing ceremony was at-
                                                                                     tended by Dr. Al-Awaji, the Chairman
                                                                                     of Board of Saudi Electricity Compa-       HHI announced on July 25 that its              According to the Standards for        as AMS will play a positive role for the
                                                                                     ny; and Mr. Lee Jai-seong, president       electrolysis-based ballast water treat-   Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Wa-     company to win more HiBallast or-
HHI won a USD 3.3 billion order from       power project on a turnkey basis in-      and CEO of Hyundai Heavy Indus-            ment system, HiBallast, was accepted      ter Discharged in U.S. Waters, Final       ders for ships operating on US routes.
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to         cluding engineering, procurement,         tries, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.            as Alternative Management System          Rule, it is mandatory for all new ships        HHI is also aiming to win the
build the Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant        construction, commissioning, and test-         In the Middle East , Hy undai         (AMS) by the United States Coast          built from December 2013 coming into       US Coast Guard’s approval for an-
(SSPP) in Saudi Arabia on August 4.        ing. The Ulsan, South Korea-based         Heavy has successfully completed           Guard. This comes after the compa-        and going out of US ports to install ap-   other ballast water treatment system,
    Hyundai Heavy, as the sole EPC         EPC contractor will complete the proj-    and is currently executing more than       ny won type approval from the In-         proved ballast water treatment sys-        EcoBallast, by the first half of 2014.
contractor, will carry out the construc-   ect on the Red Sea coast, approximate-    12,000 MW power and desalination           ternational Maritime Organization         tems. Hyundai Heavy believes the US        This system sterilizes seawater by us-
tion of the 2,640 MW oil-fired steam       ly 580 km to the south of Jeddah and      plants worth USD 12.7 billion.             (IMO) in 2011.                            Coast Guard’s acceptance of HiBallast      ing ultraviolet rays.

                                           modules and sail out for the Gorgon       Mobil (25 percent) and Royal Dutch         by 15 cm when its welding arm is re-           With the installation of software     assembly robots, 10 models of LCD
Offshore & Engineering
                                           P roje c t on Ju ne 8 . T he mo du le s   Shell (25 percent). First gas is planned   tracted, can operate in confined areas    for steel cutting, blasting, and paint-    handling robots, and is in the process
Two Gorgon Modules Sail Out                weigh 4,237 tonnes and 1,827 tonnes,      for 2014.                                  inaccessible to human welders. The        ing, the robot can also perform these      of developing various types of surgi-
                                           respectively. They are the eighth and                                                robot’s six joints enable the machine     other shipbuilding roles. HHI plans        cal robots in association with Asan
                                           ninth of 51 modules for the project.                                                 to carry out almost all types of weld-    to improve the robots to be usable for     Medical Center.
                                                                                     Engine & Machinery
                                                The Gorgon Project’s scope in-                                                  ing work at a similar speed usually       building onshore/offshore facilities
                                           cludes a three-train, 15 million-met-     HHI Develops Mini Welding Robot            done by a welder.                         and construction equipment. The mo-
                                           ric-tonne-per-annum liquefied natu-       for Shipbuilding                               Moreover, a magnet on its body        bile welding robots are scheduled to
                                           ral gas (LNG) facility and a domestic     HHI announced on May 7 that it             means the machine can be attached to      be used in building ships in HHI from
                                           gas plant. The project is operated by     developed mini welding robots for          steel walls or ceilings. Weighing just    the second half of this year.
                                           the Australian subsidiary of Chevron      building ships.                            15 kg, an operator can control three           Hyundai Heavy, South Korea’s
                                           (50 percent) in a joint venture with          The compact design of the welding      machines at the same time, increasing     largest industrial robot manufacturer,
HHI completed the production of two        Australian subsidiaries of Exxon-         machine, measuring 50 cm by 50 cm          productivity threefold.                   also manufactures 20 models of car

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Electronic & Electrical Industries
Construction Equipment                                                                                                        Green Energy                                                                            Corporation) in Ulsan on July 2.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           With this agreement, EEIC will
Hyundai Heavy Launches                                                                                                        Hyundai Heavy & KAIST                                                                   import the switchgears made by HHI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      as semi-finished product and assem-
New Construction Equipment in Russia                                                                                          Open Research Center                                                                    ble them locally before delivery.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Construction Equipment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      HHI Sends 80-tonne Long Reach Ex-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      cavators to Jeddah Plant Site in Sau-
                                                                                                                              HHI signed a memorandum of un-               ceremony at KAIST’s campus.                di Arabia
                                                                                                                              derstanding with KAIST (Korea Ad-                 HHI will support R&D and op-          HHI sent two 80-tonne long reach ex-
                                                                                                                              vanced Institute of Science and Tech-        eration costs for the HK Research          cavators to Jeddah South Thermal
                                                                                                                              nology) to establish the HK Research         Center for the next 5 years to jointly     Power Plant construction site in Saudi
                                                                                                                              Center in the field of energy, water,        develop original technology in this        Arabia on June 13.
                                                                                                                              environment, and sustainability on           field, and to establish business foun-          The excavators w ill carr y out
                                                                                                                              June 21, 2013.                               dation for the future.                     work on the site’s 5.5-km-long seawall
HHI launched its brand new con-                 Both units were well received by     tion equipment , was attended by             Mr. Kang Sung-mo, president of                “We are expecting to secure a         in August. The long reach excavators
struction equipment including am-          visitors, with even the display being     1,038 exhibitors from 30 countries all   KAIST; Mr. Lee Jai-seong, president          high level of technology for the future    have a boom length of 10.80 m and
phibious excavators and road build-        sold at the exhibition.                   over the world.                          & CEO of Hyundai Heavy; as well as           business based on our research result      arm length of 7.15 m.
ing equipment in CTT2013, held in               The CTT2013, one of the world’s                                               more than 20 researchers from the joint      while KAIST strives for study,” said            HHI is building the 2,640 MW
Moscow from June 4 to June 8.              largest annual exhibitions of construc-                                            research center attended the agreement       Mr. Hwang See-young, CIO of HHI.           oil-fired thermal power project on a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      turnkey basis including engineering,
                                           pressor Corporation with a technical      to increase the pressure of the gas,                                                      The press line, a cutting-edge         procurement, construction, commis-
Engine & Machinery                                                                                                            Engine & Machinery
                                           license partnership since 2011. The       making it easier to transport through                                                 cover panel production facility with       sioning, testing, and transferring in
Hyundai Heavy Manufactures First           Japanese company supplies the impel-      pipelines. Hyundai Heavy’s gas com-      HHI Wins a Press Line Order                  automatic equipment system and four        Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Centrifugal Gas Compressor                 ler and rotor while HHI is responsible    pressor is capable of delivering 1,100   from Nissan                                  large presses including a 2,400-tonne
HHI completed the shop performance         for manufacturing, testing, and com-      tonnes of natural gas per hour by                                                     press, will be delivered to Nissan’s
test of it s f irst cent r if uga l ga s   missioning of the compressor, and         pressur izing it from 4,500 k Pa to                                                   Russian plant in the first half of 2015.
compressor on June 1.                      supplying other parts.                    6,900 kPa.
     The centrifugal type compres-              The new gas compressor was de-
                                                                                                                                                                           Electro Electric Systems
sor, more compact and less noisy than      livered to KOGAS Masan Compres-
other types of compressors, is used        sion Station in June, and will come on                                                                                          HHI & EEIC Sign Switchgear
in onshore and offshore gas plants to      stream from December this year with                                                                                             echnical License Agreement
transport high volumes of high pres-       a 22 MW class gas turbine driver.                                                                                               HHI held a ceremony for a techni-
sure natural gas.                               A centrifugal compressor is high                                              HHI won an order to build a press line       cal license agreement for semi-knock-
     HHI has been cooperating with         performance turbo machinery that                                                   on a turnkey basis for the first time from   dow n sw itchgear w ith Saudi A ra-
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Com-           uses a high-speed rotating impeller                                                Nissan Motor Company on June 11.             bia-based switchgear maker EEIC

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Survival of the Fittest in Shipbuilding Business - Autumn 2013
Global HHI

                                                                                                    Founded in 1819 by Sir
                                                                                                    Thomas Stamford Raffles
                                                                                                    as a British trading post,
                                                                                                    modern Singapore has grown
                                                                                                    from a settlement of 1,000
                                                                                                    people to one of the most
                                                                                                    advanced cities in the world.

Singapore,

the Lion City                                                        S    ingapore is located off the south-
                                                                          er n t ip of t he Ma lay Pen insu-
                                                                     la separated from Malaysia by the
                                                                     Straits of Johor. Only 140 km north
                                                                     of the equator, Singapore is highly ur-
                                                                     banized although over half the coun-
                                                                                                                are Malay, 9% are Indian, and the rest
                                                                                                                are Eurasian or from other groups.
                                                                                                                The fertility rate is the third lowest
                                                                                                                in the world and well below the lev-
                                                                                                                els required to replace the population.
                                                                                                                Consequently, about 40% of the pop-
                               Woodlands
                                                                     try is covered by greenery and lush        ulation is made up of permanent res-
                                                                     vegetation. Sixty-three islands make       idents or foreign workers/students as
              Choa Chu Kang
                                                                     up Singapore and the process of land       the government has been encouraging
                                                            Changi   reclamation is creating more land for      immigration to the country for years.
                                                                     development.                                   Hyundai Heavy Industries’s Singa-
   Tuas                                 Toa Payoh                        Singapore has a diverse demo-          pore Branch was established in 1996
             Jurong                                 Bedok
                                   Singapore                         graphic mix. With a population of 5.3      with four business divisions.
                              Queenstown                             million, about 20% are foreign work-
                                                                     ers or students. Of the 3.2 million that   Shipbuilding Division
                                                                     are citizens, 75% are Chinese, 14%         Among many other business activ-

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Global HHI

                                                                                                                                                                               Marina Bay Sands,
                                                                                                                                                                               a Miracle of 21st Century
                                                                                                                                                                               Architecture.

ities, Singapore Branch Office con-        ous marketing endeavors in Singapore,      of project mobilization. Their mission    ucts such as rotating machinery, switch-    Though a small country (only 710 km2), Singapore punches well above its weight on the world
                                                                                                                                                                            stage. And Marina Bay Sands is the engineering and construction marvel symbolic of this coun-
ducts marketing for shipbuilding busi-     15 ships, roughly USD 2.1 billion in       is to help the vessels to complete each   gears, transformers, GIS, and LV &
                                                                                                                                                                            try. The three buildings, each 200 m high, are inclined toward each other making the shape of
ness in Southeast Asia.                    value, are under construction as of July   project within the planned schedule       MV circuit breakers is also provided.
                                                                                                                                                                            the Chinese character ‘   ’, meaning ‘to enter’. The gradient between the 22nd and 23rd floors is
    With various shipping segments         this year in Korea.                        in a safe way.                                                                        52 degrees, 10 times steeper than the Tower of Pisa in Italy. It could be said that the architec-
in active operation, the marketing fo-                                                                                          Engine & Machinery Division                 ture symbolizes Singapore itself as home to people of Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, Eurasian, Ar-
cuses on various ship types such as        Offshore & Engineering Division            Electro Electric Systems Division         The Engine & Machinery Division is          menian, Arabian, and Jewish descent.

tankers, bulkers, container ships and      The Offshore & Engineering Divi-           Singapore branch has staff dispatched     the world’s largest marine diesel en-            The Sky Park, connecting the three buildings, gives Marina Bay Sands the shape of a ship.
                                                                                                                                                                            The Sky Park is 12,400 m2, three times the size of a football stadium. It is used as a giant botan-
LNG/LPG carriers.                          sion conducts business marketing and       from headquarters in Ulsan to pro-        gine builder with approximately 36%
                                                                                                                                                                            ic garden with 250 trees and 650 kinds of plants. It also houses the world’s longest swimming
    As the global economy’s centre of      offshore installation support. Many        vide onboard service for the ACO-         global market share. Singapore Branch       pool, at 150 m long.
gravity shifts more to Asia, Singapore     major oil & gas companies are locat-       NIS™ alarm monitoring & control sys-      Office supports customers by provid-             The enormous urban entertainment center was designed by Moshe Safdie. The architect
is in a unique position to attract ship-   ed in the Asia Pacific region. Obey-       tem, high & low voltage switchboard,      ing total service such as onboard ser-      says he was inspired by card decks. Ssangyong Engineering and Construction carried out the
owners and other related businesses,       ing orders from the head office in Ko-     HIMAP™, ACONIS2000 PMS™ pow-              vice, technical advice, troubleshooting     construction work on this complex entertainment building. The interior of Marina Bay Sands is
                                                                                                                                                                            as gorgeous as its exterior. In the hotel lobby, there are many works of art, including those of
like shipbrokers and ship financiers       rea, the offshore team in Singapore        er management systems, bridge navi-       regarding 2-stroke engines, 4-stroke
                                                                                                                                                                            American artist Antony Gormley and Rising Forest, 832.9m-tall ceramic pots, made by Zheng
(Singapore is the 4th largest financial    office mobilizes crews as per required     gation watch monitoring system (Hi-       engines, propellers, cargo oil pumps,       Chong-bin, a famous potter in China. The complex cultural space functions as a business, en-
hub, after London, New York, and           job classification and supplies equip-     WMS™), and voyage data recording          side thrusters, and turbines for box-       tertainment, shopping center and hotel and it has become a national lead attraction because
Hong Kong).                                ment as well as materials to derricks      system (HiVDR™). Sales support ser-       ships, tankers, bulk carriers, car carri-   more than one million people visit this place each year and a lot of jobs have been created. In
    As a result of persistent and vigor-   and pipe-lay vessels within the period     vice for all HHI electro electric prod-   ers, and drillships.                        this respect, it has been considered as the world-class model for effective growth.

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FEATURE

                                     HHI’s New Drillship

                                     HD 12000
                                     Amid persistently high oil prices and solid
                                     balance sheets, large oil companies have
                                     been expanding their investments, not only
                                     in geographical terms but also in larger,
                                     more efficient vessels.

                                     L    eading the way in offshore oil &
                                          gas discoveries is the drillship.
                                     Equipped with a drilling derrick and
                                                                                 nies have been expanding their invest-
                                                                                 ments, not only in geographical terms
                                                                                 but also in larger, more efficient vessels.
                                     moon pool, drillships have extensive            Dema nd for d r i l lsh ips ha s i n-
                                     mooring or positioning equipment, as        creased over the last few years in light
                                     well as a helipad to receive supplies       of deepsea development and growing
                                     and transport staff.                        production. Hyundai Heavy has been
                                         Drillships work in water depths         in the spotlight for drillships with its
                                     ranging from 2,000 feet to more than        compact design philosophy and will-
                                     10,000 feet (610 m to 3,048 m). Drill-      ingness to work with owners and op-
                                     ing equipment is passed through the         erators from the design stage to de-
                                     vessel’s moon pool and connected to         liver custom-made drillships. Since its
                                     the well equipment below via riser          first drillship in 2010, Hyundai Heavy
                                     pipe, a somewhat f lexible pipe that        has won orders for 16 ships and al-
                                     extends from the top of the subsea          ready delivered 3 units to date.
                                     well to the bottom of the drillship.
                                         Despite the downturn in the glob-       JDP Between HHI & Lloyd’s Register
                                     al shipping and shipbuilding indus-         Since Lloyd’s Register has wide ex-
                                     tries in 2011, most global oil majors are   perience in building drilling rigs in-
                                     expecting the current period of E&P         cluding jack-up and semi-submersible
                                     expansion to last at least until 2017.      rigs for the UK offshore area, HHI
                                     Amid persistently high oil prices and       decided to establish a joint develop-
                                     solid balance sheets, large oil compa-      ment project ( JDP) with LR. HHI and

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FEATURE

LR have strong advantages in their          position even in emergency situations
own specialized fields. It is there-        and a patented thruster canister de-
fore desirable to share experiences         sign which allows onboard inspection
and improve productivity and safe-          and maintenance of the thruster with-
ty. The JDP put the wide beam drill-        out having to be docked, leading to de-
ship design through rigorous design,        creased drilling downtime.
ship motion, fatigue, and FE analy-             Innovative hull form design based
ses. HHI’s lead engineers and Lloyd’s       on HHI’s innovative technology and
Register’s experts worked on design         long experience enables a high transit
development on everything from hull         speed (reduced form resistance with
structures, marine, mechanical, elec-       integrated thruster pod to hull) with
trical, and drilling systems.               40% less fuel consumption, enhanced
                                            sea-keeping performance (roll angle
New Aspects on HD12000 Drillship            reduced by 20%), reduced interaction
HD12000 drillship measures 223.0 m          & thruster efficiency improvement and
in length, 40.0 m in breadth and 18.5       enhanced dynamic positioning capa-
m in depth with transit speed of 11.5       bility (20% less fuel consumption).
knots (using aft three thrusters) and           Moreover, the forward deck shield
operating draught of 11.5 m.                reduces w ind resist a nce, protect s
   Increased beam of 40 m allows            the forward mooring deck area from        The Table as Follows Shows the Unique Features of HHI HD12000 Drillship.
larger variable load capacity (up to        green water and adds additional safe-
24,000 tonnes) and reserved buoyan-         ty to the muster area.                    Main Particulars		                                           Capability of HD12000
cy for heavy duty work. Furthermore,            From HHI’s experience with com-
                                                                                      Setback Capacity                               mt            1,587 - 2,200
HD12000 design can accommodate              pact drillships (HHI-Gusto P10000
                                                                                      Hook Load                                      st            Main : 1,250 - 1,600    Aux. : 750 - 1,000
Cylinder Rig concept which can be           design), compartment arrangement
an alternative for bigger derrick load      has been improved and simplified for      Riser Tensioner                                kips          3,500 - 4,500
requirement.                                easy access and maintenance. In ac-       Riser Storage Capacity		                                     12,000 ft - 14,850 ft
   The arrangement of mud pumps &           cordance with application of the in-      BOP 1 & BOP 2		                                              15K or 20K psi 7 - 8 ram
pits, P-tanks and riser hold on the in-     line arrangement of eng ine room,
                                                                                      Crane		                                                      85 - 100 mt × 4 sets (Option : 165 mt AHC)
side of the hull provides a very large      pump room, and HV switchboard
                                                                                      Bulk in Sacks                                  sack          6,000 - 10,000
free deck area that is permanently          room, the structural design and rout-
available for tubular storage and third     ing of the dynamic positioning system     HP Mud Pump                                    set           4-6
party equipment.                            was simplified and improved. Also,        Thruster		                                                   5,000 - 5,500 kW (Hull mounting or Canister type)
   HD12000 drillship has fully dynam-       moving the mud pump room and pit          Heave Compensators on Main & Aux. Well		                     Active Heave Compensated draw-works or CMC
ic positioning (IMO DP Class 3) com-        to the double bottom enhances stabil-
                                                                                      Cylinder Derrick		                                           Yes
pliant station keeping capabilities, with   ity and simplifies system/piping ar-
                                                                                      FWD Deck Shield & Complement		                               Yes & 210 P or More
sufficient power to allow it to maintain    rangement.

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PEOPLE

Yoon Finds Life in Hyundai Heavy                                                                                                  “Hyundai Heavy means life to me. I felt as if I was presented
                                                                                                                                    with my family and house like year-end bonuses at some point
By Grace Choi                                                                                                                       of my lifetime career.”

K     orean executives f ind it hard
      to balance between work and
family due to heavy responsibilities.
                                           what’s happening in the company
                                           with his wife and two children, which
                                           he believes helps him come close to
                                                                                      feel pride in my supervising role,” said
                                                                                      Mr. Yoon who is called “microman-
                                                                                      ager” among his staff.
                                                                                                                                   Interestingly, it set a record of deliver-
                                                                                                                                   ing a bulk carrier one month before the
                                                                                                                                   yard was completed in March 2010.
Tough competition often forces them        his wife and children.                           Hands-on management does not                However, a major challenge re-
to spend more time with their compa-            In addition, as they lived in the     always result in positive results but his    mains to be tackled in Gunsan: lack
ny colleagues than with beloved ones.      same apartment complexes near the          micromanaging style often worked in          of skilled workforce.
     Mr. Yoon Moon-kyoon, a senior         shipyards in Ulsan, families of Hyun-      decades past. For example, 15 years          “As our major workforce in Gunsan
executive vice president of Hyundai        dai Heavy workers formed a com-            ago when he was in charge of an as-          is in their 30s, they are energetic and
Heavy Industries, represents compa-        munity and shared similar interests.       sembly line in Ulsan, Mr. Yoon and           at the same time are less experienced
ny-focused workaholics even if he says     Some of them moved to Gunsan and           his team were having a difficult time        in their jobs,” Mr. Yoon said. “So we
his devotion is not against his will.      they continue to make outings togeth-      due to a demanding client.                   brought some engineers from Ulsan
     “Hyundai Heavy means life to          er for dinner or mountain climbing               “I part icipated in most of the        to train them in fields such as weld-
me. I felt as if I was presented with      over weekends.                             meetings, encouraged yard workers            ing, cutting, and painting.”
my family and house like year-end               As rains force half the yard work-    to meet the client’s demands, used                Why did Hyundai Heavy select
bonuses at some point of my lifetime       ers to lay down their tools, the rainy     to come back from dinner with the            Gunsan as the site for a new shipyard
career,” Mr. Yoon said. “One day, I        season in July is a major concern for      workers to hold an umbrella over their       when its smaller rivals went abroad?
came back home from work to find           Hyundai Heavy families. On July            heads one night,” he said. “I was very       Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo
my children grown up a lot.”               4, when this writer stepped into Mr.       happy when the ship was delivered af-        Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
     His remarks show how focused          Yoon’s office in Gunsan for an inter-      ter a one month delay.”                      and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding built
Mr. Yoon has been in his job for the       view, it was raining heavily. He was             Mr. Yoon is expected to continue       shipyards in China. Hanjin Heavy In-
last 33 years at the world’s biggest       looking out the window.                    his micromanagement in the Gunsan            dustries went to the Philippines.
shipbuilder.                                    “As some of the shipbuilding pro-     plant to make a bigger contribution to            “We decided to build a new plant
     Moreover, M r. Yoon t raveled         cess takes place outdoors, it is heavily   the company’s bottom line. Hyundai           in Gunsan to avoid any leakage of
only once with his wife for their hon-     exposed to climate challenges such as      Heavy plans to deliver 13 ships this         technologies and to create jobs in the
eymoon to Jeju Island, not newlywed        rain, snow, and wind,” said Mr. Yoon       year – largely high-end ships such as        city,” said Mr. Yoon. “I believe that
favorites such as Hawaii or Guam.          who was named head of the Gunsan           container carriers and drilling rigs –       Gunsan will be a stepping stone for
Work kept him from taking time to          shipyard in January.                       from its Gunsan yard. It built a total       HHI to fortify high tech and value
attend any of the entrance and grad-            His duty also includes leading the    30 ships in 2012 there.                      added fields.” added Mr. Yoon.
uation ceremonies for his son and          Gunsan shipyard through climate dif-             As the sea-level change of Ulsan is
daughter during the whole of their         ficulties and training yard workers who    0.5 meters during the ebb and flow but       The writer is a journalist based in Seoul.
school years. They are now adults.         are younger and less experienced than      is 7 meters in Gunsan, Hyundai Heavy
     This summer, he is planning to        those in the main Ulsan shipyard.          had to build the pier at Gunsan 6 me-
take a family trip for the first time to        He is not a master in such engi-      ters deeper than that in Ulsan. As a re-
Jeju Island. Looking back on his career,   neering fields but he is in production     sult, the company invested a total of 1.3
Mr. Yoon says he spent only 10% of his     management.                                trillion won (USD 1.2 billion).
time on family things but put the same          “If a manager is good at control-           He sa id t he compa ny ha s re -
value both on work and private life.       ling the production site, it will help     trieved most of its investment in Gun-
     He tries to share nearly most of      drive up productivity. That’s why I        san due to new orders.

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Creating a New Future – The Glen Lyon FPSO                                                          25 year design life, it has recovered its
                                                                                                    originally planned oil in 12 years but
                                                                                                                                                ity. Mr. McCarron explains:
                                                                                                                                                “We have class requirements to meet
                                                                                                                                                                                            flecting BP’s intent to establish deeper
                                                                                                                                                                                            long term relationships with selected
                                                                                                    because of the extreme operating con-       because we have a vessel until it is        suppliers. In line with this intent, BP
                                                                                                    ditions we are seeing its operating ef-     moored in field. Then it becomes a          and HHI are also completing the top-
By George Deftereos
                                                                                                    ficiency decline. We believe there are      fixed production facility. In line with     sides modules for the BP Clair Ridge
                                                                                                    significantly more oil reserves in this     UKCS safety requirements we need            Project. Recognizing HHI’s capability
The Glen Lyon FPSO is the first project to be built under a new Global                              field so now we need a new vessel that      to have a formal safety case approved       to deliver to milestones and unmatched
                                                                                                    can operate safely and efficiently for      that addresses our hazards and risks        fabrication abilities, BP’s Glen Lyon
Agreement between BP and HHI reflecting BP’s intent                                                 another 25 years,” says Mr. McCarron.       and how we mitigate them.”                  FPSO and Clair Ridge projects will lay
to establish deeper long term relationships with selected suppliers.                                     The vessel is what BP describes              The design of the new FPSO is a       the foundation for future collaboration
                                                                                                    as a ‘harsh environment FPSO’ be-           collaborative effort with companies         between the two companies.
                                                                                                    cause the operating environment west        from around the world coming togeth-             Why HHI? Along with fabrica-
                                                                                                    of Shetland is one of the most extreme      er to build a state-of-the-art facility.    tion ability, Mr. McCarron says the

                                                        S   chiehallion is one of Scotland’s
                                                            most prominent mountains, and
                                                        like the mountain, Schiehallion oil
                                                                                                    in which to produce oil and gas. A fa-
                                                                                                    cility operating in this area needs to
                                                                                                    withstand the severe environmental
                                                                                                                                                Engineering, procurement, construc-
                                                                                                                                                tion, hull design, and hull commis-
                                                                                                                                                sioning will be carried out by Hyundai
                                                                                                                                                                                            work ethic, the level of profession-
                                                                                                                                                                                            alism, and the people are what put
                                                                                                                                                                                            Hyundai Heavy ahead of the pack.
                                                        field is a major asset for BP and its       conditions that exist on the Atlantic       Heavy. KBR in Singapore has been                 “HHI capability is widely recog-
                                                        partners. The field, located in the         margin. Lessons learnt from the origi-      responsible for the design of the top-      nized. How HHI does business, work
                                                        UK’s continental shelf 290 km west          nal facility are reflected in the design    side’s facilities, under HHI’s manage-      ethic, and professionalism, is very
                                                        of Shetland, has been home to BP’s          of the Glen Lyon FPSO. The aim is           ment. The turret is being designed by       high. Hyundai people are commit-
                                                        Schiehallion FPSO since 1997. Having        to safely deliver oil and gas over the      SBM Offshore in Monaco and will be          ted to making both HHI and the cli-
                                                        reached its original production goals       next 25 years, for the vessel to have a     fabricated by Dyna-mac in Singapore.        ent successful. The teams work very
                                                        and in light of the discovery of signifi-   high uptime and reliability and to be       Because the biggest factor in startup       closely together, and the people are
                                                        cant additional reserves, the company       efficiently operated and maintained.        (ie, how quickly can the facility be pro-   very close. We have many challeng-
                                                        has decided that a new vessel is need-      This will maximize the return on in-        ducing oil/gas) is the completion level     es ahead of us, but we have a very
                                                        ed to maximize recovery from these          vestment for BP and its partners. BP        when the facility leaves the shipyard,      close relationship with HHI, focusing
                                                        material assets over the next 25 years.     has a 33.35% stake in this venture and      HHI will put all the pieces together in     on safety, completing the work, and
                                                        That’s where Glen Lyon FPSO and             will operate the FPSO on behalf of its      Ulsan, ensuring the FPSO is ready to        maintaining the relationship.”
                                                        Mr. Gerry McCarron come in.                 other partners, Shell with the major-       operate when it arrives at the field.            Perks of working in Ulsan are the
                                                             Mr. McCarron has 27 years of           ity stake holding of 54.5% and Statoil            When it arrives at the Schiehal-      many festivals and its proximity to
                                                        experience working in the oil & gas         and OMV both with 5.88%.                    lion field, the facility will be con-       Busan for the baseball and Gyeongju
                                                        industry and has worked previous-                Glen Lyon FPSO is being built to       nected to one of the largest subsea         for the historical sites. In Ulsan with
                                                        ly with HHI teams for BP projects in        the requirements needed to operate          developments in the world. It will be       his wife Margaret, Mr. McCarron says
                                                        Azerbaijan, Singapore, and Vietnam.         in the UK Continental Shelf. Almost         anchored from the base of the turret        she enjoys oil painting classes and
                                                        He was also the startup and com-            parallel to NORSOK standards, these         to the seabed with 20 anchors, but it       walks in the bamboo forest near their
                                                        missioning manager on the original          requirements include ATEX, relat-           will rotate around the turret to make       apartment. One of his favourite pas-
                                                        Schiehallion FPSO and is excited to         ed to the safety of electrical systems;     sure the facility is always pointed into    times is going to Lotte Giants base-
                                                        play a part in creating a new future for    the European Commission’s Pressure          the prevailing weather. Mr. McCar-          ball games, though because of a hectic
                                                        Schiehallion. Now, he is the delivery       Equipment Directive, and all other          ron says it can be quite disorientating     work schedule his trips to see friends
                                                        manager for BP’s newest vessel. Mea-        governing European directives; as           if you’re standing on the turret when       he made while in Geoje have not been
                                                        suring 270 m by 52 m, the Glen Lyon         well as the many other regulatory and       the FPSO weathervanes, as one mo-           as frequent as he’d like. Obviously, the
                                                        FPSO will have a production capac-          statutory compliance measures for the       ment you can be looking at the bridge       rules are the same, but the atmosphere
                                                        ity of 130,000 barrels of oil a day and     existing Quad 204 area.                     and the next all you see is the vast ex-    at Busan’s Sajik Stadium is electric. It’s
                                                        storage of1 million barrels. The FPSO            Unlike a boxship or oil tanker,        panse of the North Sea.                     yet another aspect of Korea that one
                                                        will also be able to produce 220 mil-       Glen Lyon FPSO needs to meet both                 The Glen Lyon FPSO is the first       has to experience for themselves.
                                                        lion cubic feet of natural gas a day.       the requirements for a seagoing vessel      project to be built under a new Global
                                                             “While the original vessel had a       as well as those for a production facil-    Agreement between BP and HHI re-            The writer is a copy editor of New Horizons.

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NEW PRODUCTS                                                                               VIEW POINT

All New ForkLift,                                                                          US Shale Gas to Drive More
10/13/15 BTR-9                                                                             LNG Carrier Orders
                                                                                           By Crystal Chan

                                               Travel Speed (MAX)

                                                         Model           Km / h
                                                                                           S   hipbuilders can expect to w in
                                                                                               more LNG carrier orders as more
                                                                                           US LNG export projects are approved.
                                                                                                                                     export a total of 4.4 million tonnes of
                                                                                                                                     LNG to Japan’s Osaka Gas and Chu-
                                                                                                                                     bu Electric from 2017 and another 4.4
                                                                                                                                                                                of LNG a year from the Sabine Pass
                                                                                                                                                                                project. KOGAS sold 36.55 million
                                                                                                                                                                                tonnes of LNG in 2012, up 8.9% from
                                                         10BTR-9          13
                                                                                                In what will become an increas-      million tonnes to BP from 2018.            33.57 million tonnes in 2011. It plans
                                                         13BTR-9          13
                                                                                           ingly rare event, March passed with            Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric          to sell 37.86 million tonnes of LNG
                                                         15BTR-9          13               no new orders and only one delivery.      will reportedly tender for up to nine      this year, up 3.6% from 2012 figures.
                                                                                                There were concerns in April when    LNG carriers to haul LNG from Free-             China too, is increasing LNG im-
                                                                                           Flex LNG cancelled an order for four      port LNG. Both parties are negotiat-       ports to meet growing energy demands
                                               Gradeability (MAX)                          floating LNG (FLNG) vessels that was      ing with Korean shipbuilders and in-       and national research estimates that it
                                                         Model             %               placed at Samsung Heavy Industries in     ternational shipowners.                    will need up to 100 LNG carriers by
                                                         10BTR-9          18
                                                                                           2008. The lack of financial support and   Freepor t w ill supply 14.7 million        2020, from just six units today. In 2012,
                                                                                           the right project had delayed the com-    tonnes to Japan, which would require       China imported 14.68 million tonnes of
                                                         13BTR-9          15
                                                                                           mencement of vessel construction.         27 LNG carriers.                           LNG. That is set to double in the next
                                                         15BTR-9          13                    However, that was just a blip and         Given Japan’s annual shipbuild-       five years and by 2020, China’s imports
                                                                                           since then, shipbuilders in South Ko-     ing capacity, analysts think 19 ves-       could reach 60-100 million tonnes.
                                                                                           rea, Japan, and China have been re-       sels will be placed with Japanese ship-         Expect more LNG carrier orders
                                               HHI’s Construction Equipment Divi-          ceiving new LNG carrier orders.           builders, while eight vessels will go to   as even Canadian LNG export proj-
                                               sion introduced its line of 9-series bat-        Year-to-date, 23 ships have been     Korean shipbuilders.                       ects are pending approval. BG is seek-
                                               tery forklift trucks, the 10/13/15 BTR-     ordered, bringing the global outstand-         LNG demand is also expected to        ing approval for its project in Prince
                                               9 in April. The newly designed three-       ing orderbook to 107 ships of over        grow steadily with increasing demand       Rupert, British Columbia. The first
                                               wheel counterba la nce t r ucks w ill       16.3 million cbm. South Korean ship-      for clean energy.                          phase of the proposed Prince Rupert
                                               provide operators comfortable driv-         builders remain the leaders in this            While the Tohoku Earthquake           LNG project is expected to produce 7
                                               ing, increased productivity, and easy       segment, accounting for 77 of these       and Japan’s subsequent nuclear cri-        million tonnes a year after beginning
                                               maintenance.                                outstanding orders.                       sis in March 2011 precipitated a rush      operations in 2021, while market con-
                                                   HHI developed this new line of               April was an active month, with      of speculative orders of LNG carriers,     ditions will determine if the second
                                               forklift in light of European market        Nigeria LNG ordering six ships at         year-to-date orders have been found-       phase will come onstream.
                                               demand for a smaller forklift which         Hyundai Heavy Industries and Sam-         ed on long-term supply contracts with
                                               has a competitive price and better          sung Heavy Industries.                    Australian and US projects like Ich-       The writer is a markets reporter
                                                                                                                                                                                with IHS Fairplay magazine
                                               working efficiency in narrow spaces.             More LNG carriers will be con-       thys and Sabine Pass.
                                               The newly designed trucks feature a         tracted as new projects emerge in              Korea Gas Corporation, South          50
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                                               rear-wheel driving system to reduce         Australia and the US.                     Korea’s sole LNG seller, has declared      40
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                                               costs as it uses only one motor while            The review and approval of proj-     that it would diversify its LNG supply
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                                               the previous line of forklift with front-   ects to export US LNG to nations          sources to North America, in response                                                  23
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                                               wheel driving system uses two motors.       with which the US does not have free      to shale gas development, having pri-
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                                               The new model also adapts fixed-            trade agreements is underway, with        marily relied on the Middle East and       10
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                                               wheel base type to improve safety and       another project, Freeport LNG, being      Southeast Asia for LNG supplies.           0
                                               reduce friction between the ground          approved on May 17.                            For 20 years from 2017, KOGAS              2008   2009    2010    2011     2012   2013

                                               and tires.                                  The Freeport LNG project expects to       intends to import 3.5 million tonnes       LNG Carrier Orders                 Total

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FINANCIAL NEWS

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

New Orders & Backlog                                                                                                                                       Stock Metrics
                                                                                                               (unit: USD million ,as of the end of Jun)

                                     2013              2013                2012         Achievement               YoY                       Backlog                               Aug 19,
Divisions
                                      Plan        Jun. (YTD)          Jun. (YTD)                (%)                (%)              (Delivery basis)       		 2009 2010 2011 2012   2013
Shipbuilding                        7,750             4,970               3,131                64.1               58.7                        21,487       High for the Year (Closing, KRW)		                 250,000                       456,500                    554,000                     345,000                     248,500
Offshore & Engineering              6,000             5,411                 739                90.2             632.2                         19,933
                                                                                                                                                           Low for the Year (Closing, KRW)		                  148,500                       171,000                    235,500                     195,500                     176,000
Industrial Plant & Engineering      6,000               158                 514                 2.6             -69.3                          6,026
                                                                                                                                                           Closing, KRW		173,500                                                            443,000                    257,000                     242,000                     221,000
Engine & Machinery                  3,100             1,432               1,197                46.2               19.6                         3,807
                                                                                                                                                           Market Cap. (Closing, KRW billion)		                   13,186                     33,668                     19,532                      18,392                     167,960
Electro Electric Systems            3,160             1,032               1,340                32.7             -23.0                          2,532
Construction Equipment              3,272             1,500               1,602                45.8               -6.4                               -     Foreign Ownership (%)		17.38                                                       20.20                      16.91                       18.89                       17.12

Green Energy                          394               133                 131                33.8                1.5                            128      PER (H/L)		7.0/4.2                                                               9.8/3.7                    17.2/7.5                   19.1/10.8                       N/A
Total                              29,676            14,636               8,654                49.3               69.1                        53,913       EPS (KRW)		35,705                                                                 46,594                     31,751                      18,031                        N/A

USD Exchange Rate                                                                                                                                                                                       Stock Performance
                                                                                                                                          Source: KEB                                                                                                                                       — HHI (Left, Won)     — KOSPI (Right, Point)

KRW                                                                                                                                                                                                     550,000                                                                                                                  3,000

1,140                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2,600
                                                                                                                                                                                                        450,000
1,120
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2,200
1,100
                                                                                                                                                                                                        350,000
1,080                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1,800

1,060
                                                                                                                                                                                                        250,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1,400
1,040

Date           Sep.03            Nov.01                Jan.02                  Mar.04                 May.02                     jul.01        Aug.01                                                   150,000     Jan. 2009   Aug. 2009      Mar. 2010   Oct. 2010      May. 2011   Dec. 2011       Jul. 2012    Aug. 2013     1,000

Sales in Second Quarter of 2013                New Orders                                      454,000/day. Therefore, from the sec-                       dur North project in Middle East.            USD 133 million from USD 131 mil-                                 Light and Shadow
The largest business division, the             However, HHI showed a prodigious                ond half of 2013, drillship orders which                         In line with the gloomy outlook         lion. The division has new 5.5 MW tur-                            Hyundai Heavy Industries continuous-
Shipbuilding Division’s sales were             i mprovement i n new orders. T he               have been held up are expected to be                        of the shipbuilding market, orders for       bine models for offshore use in the final                         ly invests in R&D to overcome the pre-
KRW 4.47 trillion, at a similar level          Shipbuilding Division won orders                released. This trend might see more or-                     marine engines have decreased. The           stages of testing and expects to bring                            carious market.
to the same period last year. The              worth USD 4.97 billion, achieving               ders being placed at Shipbuilding and                       Engine & Machinery Division has tak-         them to market in 2014.                                                HHI has received orders for sev-
Offshore & Eng ineer ing Div ision             64.1% of the annual goal of USD 7.75            Offshore & Engineering divisions go-                        en USD 1.43 billion in new orders, ac-                                                                         eral special purpose vessels such as
i ncrea sed it s sa les by 9. 5% t o           billion in the first half. Offshore &           ing forward.                                                counting for 46.2% of its annual goal.       Second Half Outlook                                               OSV(Offshore Support Vessel) and ac-
K RW 1. 2 4 t r i l l io n . T he E n g i ne   Engineering Division received USD                    The Industrial Plant & Engineer-                       To diversify its earnings, the division is   The shipbuilding market, especially                               commodation vessel. As offshore en-
& Machiner y Div ision a nd t he               5.41 billion in orders, accounting for          ing Division won USD 158 million                            expanding its independent four-stroke        commodity types, will remain prosaic                              ergy development is growing, the de-
Construction Equipment Division’s              90.2% of its annual order target. These         in orders in the first half due to some                     engine, HiMSEN, to offshore purposes.        until the first half of next year. In the                         mand for special ship will continue to
sa les were K W R 422 bi l l ion a nd          two divisions’ performances cast away           planned major projects being post-                               The Electro Electric Systems Di-        meantime, the demand for eco-friend-                              increase. With a large and experienced
KRW 1.03 trillion, respectively, up            the worries of gloomy outlook.                  poned to the second half. However, the                      vision posted new orders worth USD           ly and fuel efficient ships will drive                            workforce, HHI has a strong foothold
0.3% from the same period last year.                High energy prices have led oil            division won a USD 3.3 billion order to                     1.03 billion, making 32.7% of its an-        the market.                                                       in this business.
     Other divisions’ sales fell from          majors and deep sea explorers to invest         build the Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant                         nual new orders goal. This result can             A short-term solution to enhanc-
the same period last year due to the           in drillships and other offshore oil &          (SSPP) in Saudi Arabia on August 4.                         be attributed to fierce competition in       ing shipping and shipbuilding market
unfavorable ma rket sit uat ion and            gas production facilities. As evidence,         The division is now well on track to                        global markets.                              is not visible, and mixed signals from
uncertainty.                                   drillship chartering contracts are be-          achieve its new order target as it also                          The Green Energy Division’s new         the US economy continue to make its
                                               ing made at considerable prices at USD          bidding for other projects such as Al                       orders slightly gained from last year,       recovery uncertain.

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