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Hyundai Heavy Industries delivers the ‘Ocean BlackLion’

Valentine Watkins

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced it recently delivered its 2,000th ship, the drillship 'Ocean BlackLion', destined for service under Diamond Offshore.

The gross tonnage of the 2,000 ships HHI built amounts to 126 million, twice the gross tonnage of total ships built last year worldwide. The top four most-delivered ships of HHI are containerships (583), bulk carriers (357), tankers (232) and VLCCs (147).

Greece ordered the most ships of 254 followed by Germany with 238, Japan with 120 and Denmark with 101.