STX Shipbuilding

STX shipbuilding (Korean: STX조선, Hanja: STX造船) is a shipbuilding company headquartered in Jinhae, South Korea.

STX Shipbuilding has built about 500 ships over the last 40 years in Busan and Jinhae. STX Shipbuilding has specialized facilities for building ships in the 30,000~80,000 ton range.STX Shipbuilding is planning to expand its business to include pure car carriers and Ferries,and is preparing to launch new services like Special Ships, offshore & plants and REITs.In 2003, STX Shipbuilding listed on the Korea Stock Exchange.

Infobox Company
company_name = STX Shipbuilding
foundation= 1962 → 2002 (Renamed)
company_type = Public
location = Republic
key_people= Chairman Duk-Soo Kang(Ghang)
industry = Shipbuilding
parent = STX Corporation

STX Shipbuilding

*1962. 01. Daehan Shipbuilding Ironworks
*1967. 04. Dongyang Shipbuilding Industrial Co., Ltd.
*1973. 01. Renamed as Daedong Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
*1973. 08. Built Korea first container ship (G/T 2,000Ton class)
*1983. 04. Designated as the contractor for 'the Jinhae Industrial Base Development Project?by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation
*1983. 09. Built two Offshore Oil Drilling Auxiliary ships for the 1st time in Korea

*1994. 01. Began construction of Jinhae Shipyard
*1995. 11. Awarded "the $50 million export prize"
*1996. 06. Began production at Jinhae Shipyard
*1997. 02. Named and delivered the 1st ship built in Jinhae(46,600 DWT Bulk Carrier for Hong Kong's PARAKOU)

*2001. 10. Majority shareholder changed to STX
*2002. 01. Renamed as STX Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, and announced "the 2nd Startup"
*2002. 11. Awarded "the $300 million export prize"
*2003. 01. Euro Sun and CMA CGM Claudel, selected as the 'World's Best Ships" for 2002

*2003. 05. Developed Korea's first BWM simulator program
*2003. 07. Selected as a leading company of the "2003 Growth Engines of Korea"
*2003. 10. Won the Top Prize for Technology Excellence at Tribon User Conference
*2003. 10. Listed on the Korea Stock Exchange

*2003. 11. Awarded the "$500 million export prize"
*2003. 12. "Best Prize of Global Company", "Grand Prize of Global Products" and "Grand Prize of Global CEO"
*2003. 12. Won the "Korean World-class Product Award 2003"(Handy-sized product tanker)

*2004. 04. STX Corp., a holding company, started with "STX Shipbuilding, STX Engine, STX Heavy Industries, STX Pan Ocean"

*2004. 06. Selected as one of the "100 Top Korean Companies"
*2004. 07. Announced Process Innovation Mater Plan
*2004. 08. Received the "Global Prize of Global Management"
*2004. 09. Introduced a new building method for shortenning the shipbuilding period
*2004. 10. Acquired the "Korea Best PracticeCertificate"
*2004. 11. Completed the design development of 38,000 CBM LPG Carrier Jointly with DNV
*2004. 11. Awarded the "Global Prize in the World's Best Company," "Fine Product Award" and the "Top Management Award" in the 2004 Global Management Awards

*2004. 11. Achieved 1 million hours of no injury/illness
*2004. 12. Completed the SLS(Skid Launching System) shipbuilding method
*2004. 12. World's first launched 22 ships with a single dock in on year
*2005. 04. Chairman Kang Won the GLP Alumni Award

*2005. 12. 24 Launching: 12 Batches on 1 Dock in 1 Yr
*2006. 01. The World’s Fastest Ground Shipbuilding
*2006. 12. World’s Best in Shipbuilding Turnover Rate

*2007. 12. recevied an order 10 billion dollar(US)
*2008. 05. developed World First 22,000TEU container Ship (460m X 60m)

STX group have " Ship builder -> Engine Builder -> Sea Transportation "

*STX Shipbuilding : World rank 5 (2007)
*STX Engine : World rank 4
*STX Pan Ocean : Rank 2 in Korea

ee also

* STX Corporation
* Aker Yards
* STX Europe ASA

External links

* [http://www.stxship.co.kr/ STX shipbuilding]