HJ Shipbuilding names eco-friendly 7,900 TEU ship Garnet to bolster Korea’s green push
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction said on the 30th that it held a naming ceremony for an eco-friendly 7,900-TEU (1 TEU is one 20-foot container) container ship at the Busan Yeongdo shipyard. At the naming ceremony held on the 29th of this month, Konstantinos Pavlopoulos, Deputy Minister of Greece’s TMS, and Yoo Sang-cheol, CEO of HJ ...
On the 30th, HJ Shipbuilding & Construction held a naming ceremony for an eco-friendly 7,900-TEU container ship at the Busan Yeongdo shipyard. The vessel, named Garnet, will boost Korea's green push in the shipping industry. The ceremony was attended by about 50 people, including Konstantinos Pavlopoulos, Deputy Minister of Greece’s TMS, and HJ Shipbuilding & Construction CEO Yoo Sang-cheol.
TMS owns the vessel, which is the fourth of eight 7,900-TEU ships ordered by a European shipowner in 2024. Garnet measures 272 meters in length, 42 meters in beam, and 20 meters in depth. Designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, the eco-friendly container ship is part of HJ Shipbuilding's growing portfolio of medium- to large-sized eco-friendly ships in the 5,000–9,000 TEU range.
CEO Yoo Sang-cheol expressed confidence in the ship's advanced eco-friendly technologies and differentiated construction capabilities, reaffirming the company's position as a global shipbuilder.
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