Hanjin's first Subic-made ship underwent sea trials

The first ocean-going vessel built entirely in Subic Bay underwent sea trials Tuesday (eight months after the keel was laid in Hanjin's Drydock #5) before being delivered to Greece in June. "Other shipbuilders would have taken at least 18 months after cutting the steel, to launch the same size of ship," as per SBMA Chaiman Salonga.

Pyeong Jong Yu, Hanjin's Outside Business Department manager, said the South Korean shipbuilder has fully completed the ship, a 41,000-ton cargo carrier M/V Argolikos, which has been ordered by the Greek shipping company Dioryx Marine Corp.

The shipbuilder is proud that the first vessel built within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone has undergone sea trials. The ship has already received certifications, including an Attestation Certificate from Bureau Veritas (Ship Surveyors), a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate, a complete crew list, and a Certificate of Competency of the Korean crew issued by the Busan Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office.

The ship has a gross weight of 41,000 tons, is 258.9 meters long, 32 meters wide and 19 meters high. Its optimal speed is 24.5 knots.

Five more units are expected to be delivered to Dioryx in the next few years.

Another six ships with individual capacities to carry 4,300 twenty-foot metal containers intended for the NSC Schiffartsgeselhaft of Germany are currently being built in Hanjin local shipyard.

The ship is temporarily identified as PN-001 but will be formally named by President Arroyo in June after sea trials are done. After the naming ceremony, the ship will officially be delivered to Dioryx Maritime Corporation in Greece.

The PN-001 will be the first of the 16 container vessels of similar specifications to be built by Hanjin in Subic. The 16 ships ordered from Hanjin would cost a total of close to $1 billion, with the price of each ship costing $60 million. Undoubtedly a significant contribution to the Philippine economy and a boost to local work force.

Hanjin, which is one of the biggest shipbuilders in the world today, has an investment of about $1.8 billion for its shipyard project in Subic. About 14,000 workers benefited both directly and indirectly from the project.

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[intergapo]

Hanjin will infuse additional 85 million dollars for shipyard development and will require around 24 thousand workers more. to date five ships have been completed and four on-going

[worthtaker]

hala.. one day gigising nalang lahat tayo na nainvade na ng mga koreano ang philippines! esp, SBMA! from hanjins!.. balak pa nilang magtayo ng 2 hectares na casino that would cost 2 hectares of protected areas sa SBMA! imagine! ilang puno yun! wake up kapatid.. they're using our country for their own sake!

[atheistpinoy666]

yeah! go korea and philippinese........

[DonBringer]

BOBO sa subic yan! nakatira kami sa subic! laki ng hanjin parang size na ng olongapo

[kukurucoocoo]

tAma ka mate,,dami na ding mga namatay sa loob ng hanjin shipyard,,cgurado may mga aksidente pa na di nila inilabas para pangalagaan ung pangalan nila,,pero mga pinoy naman ng nagsasacrfice,,

[bentambling23]

eh di sa subic

[rennjee]

philippinese?

anong bansa yan?

[pacallo]

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[IANinALTONA]

Very interestig images of the "ARGOLIKOS", the future "CMA CGM QUARTZ". I wonder if anyone in the region already knows the names of the next ship(s) that Hanjin Subic Bay will build for Dioryx Maritime (who will charter them to CMA CGM)?! I was trying to find out... Any help would be appreciated. - Ian