- 5 ships for Korea Coast Guard (KCG), Ministry of Public Safety and Security, displaying excellence in
the construction of special-purpose vessels

Recently, HANJIN Heavy Industries & Construction has displayed its excellence in the construction of
special-purpose vessels by winning a bid to build five 500-tonne patrol ships.

On November 1, HANJIN Heavy Industries & Construction announced that it signed a contract to build
five 500-tonne patrol ships (500t) for Korea Coast Guard (KCG), Ministry of Public Safety and Security
at KRW 158.9 billion with Public Procurement Service (PPS).

The global shipbuilding company already built and handed over diverse guard ships including the 3,000-
tonne patrol ship to the KCG successfully in the past. This time, it signed a contract to build five 500-
tonne patrol ships additionally, proving its dominance in patrol ships.

The patrol ship is as large as 63.2m in length, 9.1m in width and 5m in height. If fully loaded, its
displacement tonnage reaches up to 640 tons.

It features a high-speed water jet engine which can generate a speed of up to 35 knots (65km/h). This
state-of-the-art patrol ship will be built under advanced design, using high-strength steels (HSS) and
aluminum alloys.

In particular, its maximum range – maximum distance a ship can travel given a fixed amount of fuel –
would be as high as 3,700km, which means that this ship is able to respond to various maritime accidents
and illegal fishing on time.

The patrol ships will be built at HANJIN Heavy Industries & Construction’s Yeongdo Shipyard for about
3 years and handed over to KCG, Ministry of Public Safety and Security by 2020. They would take care
of maritime security and sea rescue operations.

Started with 'Haksaeng,' the first home-manufactured coast guard ship in 1972, HANJIN Heavy Industries
& Construction has built diverse patrol ships for the KCG and the ROK Navy. In fact, it has built the
largest number of warships in Korea.

Especially, since named as the builder of the second Dokdo-class ship in late 2014, the Korean
shipbuilder has signed about KRW 1 trillion contracts for the recent two years including diverse training
ships, PKXs and patrol ships, displaying its excellence in special-purpose vessels.

An official from HANJIN Heavy Industries & Construction said, “These days, many people are
concerned about maritime sovereignty such as illegal fishing. Under these circumstances, the signing of a
contract to build patrol ships for maritime security would be a something.” He continued, “Based on our
extensive knowhow and experience in building special-purpose vessels for over four decades, we are
going to build and hand over perfect patrol ships

■ Attachment: 500-tonne patrol ships