HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Targets Global Market with Next-Generation Warship Technology

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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is launching an offensive to capture the global shipbuilding, marine, and defense market by leveraging its next-generation warship technologies.

From the 17th to the 19th, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries participated in the '2026 International Maritime & Safety Daejeon' held at the Incheon Songdo Convensia, showcasing its latest Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) and sharing strategies for entering the Central and South American markets and expanding warship technology cooperation.

'International Maritime & Safety Daejeon' is the only maritime-focused exhibition in Korea hosted biennially by the Korea Coast Guard. The event brings together professionals from the maritime, safety, aviation, port, logistics, and leisure sectors, as well as major shipping companies, to share industrial synergies, advance warship technology, and exchange technical capabilities.

During the exhibition, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries set up a joint booth with HJ Heavy Industries and Gangnam Shipbuilding, displaying models of the 3,000-ton offshore patrol vessel recently delivered to the Korea Coast Guard and the 2,400-ton offshore patrol vessel export model for the Philippine Navy.

Additionally, on the 18th, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and the Korea Coast Guard signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Warship Construction Technology Exchange and Export Cooperation' to strengthen research and development capabilities for patrol vessels and expand the export competitiveness of Korean marine defense.

In a telephone interview with this newspaper, an HD Hyundai representative stated, "HD Hyundai Heavy Industries plans to continue expanding technology cooperation with the Korea Coast Guard and do its best to enhance competitiveness in the global shipbuilding and marine defense market, including Central and South America."

Meanwhile, the International Maritime & Safety Daejeon (KOREA OCEAN EXPO), first held in 2013, is Korea's representative maritime-focused expo that shares the latest technologies and policies in maritime safety, shipbuilding, and marine equipment industries. Notably, the event is co-hosted by the Korea Coast Guard and the Incheon Metropolitan Government. Held on a biennial cycle (once every two years), the event is scheduled to avoid overlapping with MADC. The biggest difference from MADC (MADEX·International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition) is that the primary purpose of the exhibition is public safety and security, whereas MADC focuses on military and defense. Both exhibitions share the common goal of covering the domestic marine industry and warship technology.

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