Korea shipbuilding still number one

South Korea retained its No.1 ranking in the global shipbuilding industry in terms of new orders, order backlogs and volume of vessels built in 2008. The nation's shipbuilders won a combined 17.5 million CGTs in new orders last year, accounting for 41.1% of all global new orders according to Clarkson ...

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