SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation-Philippines, Inc. (HHIC-Phil) recently unveiled the M/T Eser K, a 114,000-deadweight ton (DWT) crude oil tanker, which was the 12th vessel that the firm had thus far completed at its shipbuilding facility in this freeport.
The ship was officially presented to its owner, the Turkey-based Kaptanoglu Shipping Line, during a formal naming ceremony on Wednesday at HHIC-Phil’s Redondo Peninsula shipyard.
It was priced at US$68 million.
Those who graced the naming ceremony were Kaptanoglu president Engin Kaptanoglu, representatives of the ship classification society Lloyds Register, HHIC-Phil president Seung Chil Lee, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) senior deputy administrator Ramon Agregado, and other company officials.
HHIC-Phil senior executive vice-president Hyun Soo Bong said that M/T Eser K and its twin, the M/T Leyla K, were the biggest ships ever built in the Philippines.
Eser K and Leyla K, which was delivered in January this year, both tipped the scales at 114,000-DWT, and measured 241.27 meters long, 44 meter wide, and 21.35 meters deep.
“Eser K is the last tanker we built for Kaptanoglu, but I would like to emphasize that this is another beginning for us as we develop sincere relationships and strengthen this partnership between Kaptanoglu and Hanjin-Philippines,” said Hyun.
“With the successful completion of this project, we were able to prove that we have one of the finest shipyards that is capable of meeting all kinds of customer’s demand, not only in shape and size, but also in terms of quality and knowledge,” he added.
On the same occasion, SBMA’s Agregado said the unveiling of Eser K “represents the culmination of a lot of hard work, ingenuity, and the application of modern-day technology.”
He added that the series of ship-naming ceremonies undertaken recently at the Hanjin shipyard has made the Subic Bay Freeport community proud for hosting one of the finest shipbuilding facilities in the world.
For his part, Eigen Kaptanoglu expressed gratitude to officials of HHIC-Phil and SBMA for their support.
“I wanted to thank SBMA and Hanjin-Philippines for helping my dream come true with the birthday of our company’s babies, M/T Leyla K and M/T Eser K,” the shipping executive said. “And I hope that our friendship will continue with new projects,” he added.
The Hanjin shipyard in Subic Bay shifted to full-scale operation recently, after the company completed its expansion program in 2009.
Despite the financial crisis that slowed down the shipbuilding industry in the last two years, HHIC-Phils said it has managed to bag contracts for the construction of 36 vessels by 2012. These include two 180,000-ton Capesize bulk carriers for Taiwan.
To date, HHIC-Phils has delivered a total of 12 vessels to various customers around the world.
The ship was officially presented to its owner, the Turkey-based Kaptanoglu Shipping Line, during a formal naming ceremony on Wednesday at HHIC-Phil’s Redondo Peninsula shipyard.
It was priced at US$68 million.
Those who graced the naming ceremony were Kaptanoglu president Engin Kaptanoglu, representatives of the ship classification society Lloyds Register, HHIC-Phil president Seung Chil Lee, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) senior deputy administrator Ramon Agregado, and other company officials.
HHIC-Phil senior executive vice-president Hyun Soo Bong said that M/T Eser K and its twin, the M/T Leyla K, were the biggest ships ever built in the Philippines.
Eser K and Leyla K, which was delivered in January this year, both tipped the scales at 114,000-DWT, and measured 241.27 meters long, 44 meter wide, and 21.35 meters deep.
“Eser K is the last tanker we built for Kaptanoglu, but I would like to emphasize that this is another beginning for us as we develop sincere relationships and strengthen this partnership between Kaptanoglu and Hanjin-Philippines,” said Hyun.
“With the successful completion of this project, we were able to prove that we have one of the finest shipyards that is capable of meeting all kinds of customer’s demand, not only in shape and size, but also in terms of quality and knowledge,” he added.
On the same occasion, SBMA’s Agregado said the unveiling of Eser K “represents the culmination of a lot of hard work, ingenuity, and the application of modern-day technology.”
He added that the series of ship-naming ceremonies undertaken recently at the Hanjin shipyard has made the Subic Bay Freeport community proud for hosting one of the finest shipbuilding facilities in the world.
For his part, Eigen Kaptanoglu expressed gratitude to officials of HHIC-Phil and SBMA for their support.
“I wanted to thank SBMA and Hanjin-Philippines for helping my dream come true with the birthday of our company’s babies, M/T Leyla K and M/T Eser K,” the shipping executive said. “And I hope that our friendship will continue with new projects,” he added.
The Hanjin shipyard in Subic Bay shifted to full-scale operation recently, after the company completed its expansion program in 2009.
Despite the financial crisis that slowed down the shipbuilding industry in the last two years, HHIC-Phils said it has managed to bag contracts for the construction of 36 vessels by 2012. These include two 180,000-ton Capesize bulk carriers for Taiwan.
To date, HHIC-Phils has delivered a total of 12 vessels to various customers around the world.
