Hyundai sets delivery record

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has beaten the world?s largest delivery record for large sized vessels, delivering 102 vessels in 2008. On 29 December last year, HHI held a naming ceremony for a 6,500TEU containership ordered by the Japanese shipping company NYK Line. The ship was the 102nd vessel delivered by the shipyard in 2008.

The Korean shipbuilder plans to deliver 119 vessels in 2009 and also has about 350 ships in its order backlog, representing more than three years of shipbuilding work.