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 ...
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction recently held a naming ceremony for an eco-friendly 7,900-TEU container ship named Garnet, aimed at bolstering Korea’s green push in the shipping industry. The vessel, measuring 272 meters in length, 42 meters in beam, and 20 meters in depth, was built at the Busan Yeongdo shipyard and is the fourth of eight 7,900-TEU container ships ordered by a European shipowner in 2024.
Designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, Garnet is the fourth medium- to large-sized eco-friendly container ship delivered by HJ Shipbuilding & Construction since reentering the merchant shipbuilding market in 2021. CEO Yoo Sang-cheol emphasized the company's commitment to building ships with advanced eco-friendly technologies and differentiated construction capabilities to solidify its position as a global shipbuilder.
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