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HMM President Bae Jae-hoon revealed in the interview on May 3 at the office building in Yeonji-dong, Seoul, that he intends to rebuild the shipping industry. By Kim Bum-jun, reporter [email protected]
“Now is the time to reverse the letter.”
HMM (former Hyundai Merchant Marine) President Bae Jae-hoon said this when referring to the world’s largest container ship “Algeciras”, which was launched at the Okpo shipyard at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje, Gyeongnam on 28 of last month. He met a journalist in the office building in Yeonji-dong, Seoul on the 3rd and said: “I have a greater responsibility to rebuild the Korean shipping industry than the joy of obtaining” weapons “against large shipping companies like Denmark Musk.”
“The global shipping industry is in the midst of a large-scale war,” said Bae. “This year will be the first year of rebuilding Korean shipping.” HMM got a big container ship that was a longing. President Bae said: “This year, 8 24,000 TEU megaclass ships (1TEU is a 6m container) and 8 16,000 TEU ships will be ordered next year.” You can save 15%. “By the end of next year, HMM is expected to leap forward from ninth to eighth in the world with a fleet of 870,000 TEUs.
In April, HMM also joined The Alliance, one of the three largest maritime sports leagues in the world. “We will be able to take the initiative to respond to the market by participating in decision-making on equal terms with other shipping companies,” Bae said. It is this same expression of confidence that President Bae changed the company name from Hyundai Merchant Marine to HMM this year and established the management keyword as “Quick Exaltation.”
However, before accelerating, HMM ran into a reef called a new coronavirus infection (corona19). Container and bulk cargo rates plummeted as cargo volume fell sharply. President Bae said: “In the first quarter, we stopped reducing logistics on the Chinese side by expanding the route to Southeast Asia. In the second quarter, however, the volume of trade in Europe and the United States decreased. running. ” He continued: “If Corona 19 calms down, the logistics that have been advanced may suddenly explode.” Regarding the government, “Most of the other nationality companies have a poor financial state. We need to support liquidity through ship finance, etc. “
Bird Bae has a unique history as CEO of the shipping industry. For 13 years at LG Semiconductor, he was the head of the Sales Corporation of the Americas, and LG Electronics led the successful marketing of “Chocolate Phone” products. Since then, he has led the HMM since March 2019, through the president of Panhan Pantos, a logistics company. President Bae said: “The global experience I gained during my LG career helped me negotiate to join the Alliance.” I was able to understand the shipper’s position through the president of Pantos Korea. “
On the 23rd of last month, President Moon Jae-in attended the nomination ceremony for Algeciras and asked to rebuild the shipping industry. President Bae said: “Mr. Moon said:” Yusashi Shipping can play the role of the 4th Army. “
Reporter Choi Man-soo [email protected]
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