HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Launches First Peruvian Landing Support Ship, Achieves First Overseas Joint Construction Success

Beyond Finished Product Exports, Local Joint Production Achieved

Second Ship Talara Also Completes Onshore Construction

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched the Cimbote, a new landing support ship for the Peruvian Navy, marking its first achievement in the joint construction of naval vessels overseas.

On the 18th (local time), at Sima Shipyard in Peru, a launching ceremony for the Chimbote Ship was held with key officials in attendance, including Keiko Fujimori, President of Peru (twelfth from the right). The ship was jointly built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Sima Shipyard. Source: Office of the President of Peru website

On August 19, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced that it recently held a launching ceremony for the Cimbote, the first in a new class of landing support ships for the Peruvian Navy, at the SIMA shipyard in Peru.

The event was attended by key officials from both countries, including Keiko Fujimori, President of Peru, Federico Javier Bravo de Rueda, Commander General of the Peruvian Navy, Choi Jong-wook, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Peru, and Joo Wonho, President of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.

The Cimbote is the first ship of two next-generation landing support vessels being built jointly by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and SIMA shipyard. In April 2024, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries won an order from the Peruvian Navy for a total of four ships, including a frigate, an offshore patrol vessel, and two landing support ships, and has since been building the two landing support vessels.

The second ship, the Talara, also completed its onshore construction process earlier this month. As multipurpose landing support ships, both vessels are intended to carry out a variety of missions, including transporting personnel and supplies, providing logistical support, and responding to disasters or emergencies. Each ship is named after a major port city in Peru.

For this project, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries was responsible for design and technical support, while SIMA shipyard handled block production, assembly, outfitting, and testing and sea trials using its local production facilities.

Unlike the traditional export model of completing ships in Korea and then delivering them overseas, this project was carried out using a "joint production" method, reflecting the ordering country's requirements for local production.

Support at the government level and cooperation between the public and private sectors also played an important role. The Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration supported HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ vessel exports through cooperation with the Peruvian government. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Peru and KOTRA also supported the project by facilitating communications and leveraging their local networks with the Peruvian government.

Joo Wonho, President of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, stated, "The launching of the Cimbote is a result achieved by public and private sectors working as one—Team Korea’s success. We will continue to enhance the competitiveness of 'K-ships' and further diversify our export markets."

Meanwhile, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is currently conducting the basic design for a 1,500-ton class next-generation submarine for the Peruvian Navy, and is continuing to cooperate with the Peruvian government to begin construction of the lead ship immediately upon completion of the design.

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