History

The footsteps of HMD, which only creates the best!

HMD, founded in 1975, is a shipbuilding company with the No. 1 share of the global market in the construction of mid-sized ships.

1996~2005 Business Diversification
2005
  1. 12
    • Value Innovation Award (The 31st National Quality Management Conference)
    • HMD’s mid-sized container carrier chosen as a World Class Product of Korea
    • The Dolphins FC finishes second at the 2005 FA Cup
  2. 09
    • Hanmaeum Festival held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the company
  3. 05
    • Completed the construction of Daebul Plant in Jeollanam-do Province
  4. 03
    • Achieved 5 million DWT in ships built
    • Chosen as Best Management Company by Asia Money
    • Complete transition into shipbuilding business (delivered Seorak, the last repaired vessel)
    • Repaired 8,040 vessels and modified 175 vessels to date
2004
  1. 11
    • Awarded the 1 Billion Dollar Export Tower
  2. 06
    • The Dolphins FC Wins the 2004 K2 Football Championships
  3. 04
    • Groundbreaking ceremony for the block factory at the Daebul Industrial Complex
  4. 01
    • Construction of the 100th ship (Cape Bruny)
    • Capital increase to KRW 100 billion (capital increase with consideration)
2003
  1. 11
    • HMD’s mid-sized PC vessel chosen as a World Class Product of Korea by MOTIE
    • Awarded the 900 Million Dollar Export Tower
  2. 10
    • Hosting of the 1st HMD Skills Competition
    • The Dolphins FC wins the 84th National Sports Competition
  3. 08
    • Acquired an integrated management system (quality, safety/health, environment) certification
  4. 03
    • Formation of sisterhood ties with the ROK Army Logistics Command
2002
  1. 12
    • Won a contract to build 12 PC vessels for BP (UK)
    • HMD Broadcasting wins Excellent Broadcasting Award at the 2002 Korea Company Newsletter Awards
  2. 11
    • Won contracts to build 14 PC vessels for Tsakos (Greece), etc.
    • Chosen as the world’s best ship repair service provider (Lloyd's List Maritime Asia)
  3. 10
    • Won a contract to modify the world’s largest heavy lift ship for Dockwise (Netherlands)
  4. 09
    • Won a contract to built four PC vessels for NITC (Iran)
  5. 07
    • The Dolphins FC wins the 12th National Amateur Football Championships
  6. 06
    • Bangeojin Sports Park used as a training camp by the national team of Brazil for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
  7. 05
    • Delivered the world’s first national car ferry, Seonghui
  8. 04
    • The 3rd Wildflower and Underwater Rock Exhibition
  9. 01
    • Confirmation that Bangeojin Sports Park will be used as a training camp by the national team of Brazil for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2001
  1. 12
    • Korea’s first national car ferry named “Seonghui”
  2. 11
    • Chosen as the world’s best shipbuilder (Lloyd's List Maritime Asia)
    • Awarded the 500 Million Dollar Export Tower
    • Opened the in-house CATV, HMD Broadcasting
  3. 09
    • Reconstructed the website
    • The Dolphins FC wins the 2001 Korea Fall Amateur Football Federation Competition (second consecutive win)
  4. 08
    • Won a contract to build two 46,000-ton product carriers
  5. 07
    • Opened Bangeojin Sports Park, a natural grass football field that can be used all year-round
  6. 02
    • Built and delivered a pipelying vessel (CSO Deep Blue)
  7. 01
    • Built and delivered the world’s largest combined cycle barge
    • Completed the construction of Mohwa Plant (Eodong-eup, Gyeongju)
2000
  1. 12
    • Opened the Training Center
  2. 11
    • awarded the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit (National Quality Management Conference)
  3. 10
    • Hanmaeum Festival to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the company and V-2005 Progress Rally
    • Chosen as the world’s best ship repair service provider for two straight years (Lloyd's List Maritime Asia)
    • Publication of “25 Years of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard”
    • Renewed the ISO 9001 certification
    • The Dolphins FC wins the 55th National Football Championships
1999
  1. 12
    • Awarded the 300 Million Dollar Export Tower and the Production Innovation Award
    • Awarded the Management Innovation Award from the KMAC
    • Awarded the Excellence Prize at the 1999 Safety Management Awards
    • Chosen as the top company in health and environment among companies with excellent labor-management cooperation
  2. 11
    • Won the Management Innovation Award and chosen as the world’s best ship repair service provider (LLOYD’S LIST)
  3. 09
    • Won a contract to build a pipelaying vessel
  4. 08
    • Acquired the Y2K certification
  5. 06
    • Capital increase to KRW 73 billion
  6. 05
    • Exported a hatch cover and automatic door to Japan for the first time
    • Built and delivered two drill ships
  7. 04
    • Completed the construction of Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) in Vietnam
1998
  1. 11
    • Awarded Top Excellence in Value Management by the KMAC
  2. 07
    • Founded the Dolphins FC
  3. 06
    • Built and delivered 6 MPC vessels incl. Iran Satari
  4. 03
    • Capital increase (KRW 43 billion)
1997
  1. 12
    • Delivered the first ship built (RAMFORM BANFF)
  2. 11
    • Acquired the ISO 9001 (quality management system) certification
  3. 05
    • Completed the construction of the ship hull assembly and painting shops
1996
  1. 11
    • Groundbreaking ceremony for Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard
  2. 10
    • Hosting of <Challenge 35/V-2000> for joint commitment by labor and management
  3. 01
    • Implementation of a management strategy called V-2000 to expand into the shipbuilding business

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