- CEO
- Sungjoon Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 1,543
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Trucks/Construction/Farm machinery
- Address
- 477, Bundangsuseo-ro Seongnam-si GY South Korea 03058
- IPO Date
- Aug 24, 1999
- Business
- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (HD KSOE) serves as the holding company for HD Hyundai's shipbuilding and offshore engineering operations, designing and constructing a broad range of commercial vessels including tankers, containerships, bulk carriers, LNG and LPG carriers, FSRU, PCTC, Ro-Pax, RO-RO ships and LNG bunkering vessels; offshore platforms and floating units; naval ships such as destroyers, frigates, corvettes, logistics support vessels, landing ship tanks and patrol vessels; marine engines comprising two-stroke and four-stroke types; marine equipment including propellers, shafts, rudders, scrubbers, selective catalytic reduction systems and ballast water treatment systems; as well as industrial plants, power and petrochemical facilities, solar modules and systems, process equipment and industrial cranes. The company, founded in 1972 and headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea, oversees key subsidiaries including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, HD Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan, HD Hyundai Samho in Yeongam-gun and HD Hyundai Marine Engine, with primary operations centered in South Korea and global market reach. In recent developments, HD KSOE signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with India's Cochin Shipyard Limited in July 2025 to collaborate on newbuild opportunities, technical expertise sharing and workforce upskilling; entered a partnership with U.S.-based Edison Chouest Offshore in June 2025 for joint construction of mid-sized container carriers through 2028 at U.S. shipyards; announced plans in September 2025 to merge HD Hyundai Mipo and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries into a single entity to expand defense capabilities; and delivered the world's first methanol-fueled large container ship in 2024 while advancing eco-friendly vessel technologies.