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Hyundai union gives carte blanche to capital
Hyundai Heavy Industries labor and management held a ceremony today for putting all wage matters under management’s charge for 2009. At the ceremony participated some 10 capital and labor representatives including HHI president Choi Kil-seon and...
2009-03-02 14:38:04
HHI president took office as chairman of Kopia
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) president Choi Kil-seon (pictured) took office as the third chairman of Korea Plant Industries Association (Kopia). Kopia held a regular general meeting in Seoul on February 27th and had Mr Choi as the new chairman. ...
2009-02-27 14:00:01
Shipbuilders, marine equipment makers help secure jobs
The shipbuilding and marine equipment industries, on the back of their huge workloads, are stepping forward to help secure jobs for mid-career workers and those fresh from school. The move comes at a time when a severe employment situation is develop...
2009-02-27 07:50:05
Hyundai finished labor activity
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ labor union on February 25th held a temporary general meeting of representatives and decided to put wage matters under management’s charge in 2009. 174 representatives among the entire 187 participated in the meeting ...
2009-02-26 13:56:06
STX affiliates announce wage-freeze in 2009
The affiliates of STX Corporation of South Korea are taking wage-freeze policy following one after another to weather the economic crisis. STX Enpaco’s labor union yesterday announced ‘Wage Freeze for 2009’, becoming the third company in the...
2009-02-26 11:39:15
NACE International provides new opportunities vital to shipb...
NACE International, the corrosion society, has released its widely anticipated training course for oversight of marine vessel coatings, NACE Coating Inspector Program (CIP) Level 2, maritime emphasis. The course was created in response to the Interna...
2009-02-26 11:14:26
Over 30% of world's fleet will be scrapped
Precious Shipping, Thailand's largest shipping company by market value, expects a third of the global merchant fleet to be scrapped within two years as trade collapses amid a global recession and tighter credit, Bloomberg reported. "The banking syste...
2009-02-26 11:02:54
Toyota stores unsold cars aboard ship
Toyota is currently renting a ship in the Swedish port of Malmö to store 2,500 unsold autos. "It's an emergency measure that we had to take due to storage space issues," EUobserver reports Toyota press spokeswoman Anne Gaublomme as saying. "O...
2009-02-26 08:36:29
Dead bodies at breaking yards 'thrown into sea'
Dead bodies of unregistered employees are being tossed into the sea at Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards, according to London-based Member of the European Parliament Robert Evans. Speaking from first-hand experience following a trip to Chittagong in No...
2009-02-26 07:52:21
Mitsui reviewing investment plans
Tamiyoshi Iwasaki, managing director/general manager of the Ship & Ocean Project HQ of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), held a press briefing on Feb. 20, where he disclosed that the company is reviewing its equipment investment plan for fisca...
2009-02-25 10:09:26
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