Geoje shipyard
4.9 million m² site and
state-of-the-art
production system
Geoje shipyard
4.9 million m² site and
state-of-the-art
production system
Facilities
Geoje Shipyard has the world’s largest dock and crane and state-of-the-art automated factory facilities. The area is sunny all year round and is close to the Korea Strait, an international seaway that connects the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the US. These conditions make Geoje Shipyard the best location with the best facilities for the shipbuilding and maritime industry.
- No.1 Dock and the 900-ton
Goliath Crane - No.2 Dock and the 900-ton
Goliath Crane - Technical Education Institute
- Research Institute
- Pre-outfitting Plant 1
- Small Parts Assembly Plant
- Ocean Plaza·Harmony Center·
Happiness Hall - Clear Water Management Center
- Outfitting Quay
- Surface Treatment and Painting Plant
- Cutting Plant
- Assembly Blant 1 and
Assembly Blant 3 - Assembly Plant 2
- Floating Dock
- Unloading Quay and Steel Stockyard
- Maritime Outfitting Plant
- Maritime Manufacturing Plant 1
- Maritime Manufacturing Plant 2
- Maritime Manufacturing Plant 3
- Offshore Plant Painting and
Surface Treatment Plant - Offshore Plant Outside Assembly Site
- LNGC Painting and Surface Treatment Plant
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The largest crane in the world, listed in the Guinness Book of Records
The only place in the world to build 1 million DWT-class tankers and 120m wide-130m high large plants
With the 900-ton Goliath crane, the world's biggest crane as recognized by Guinness, No.1 Dock is the only place in the world that can build up to 1 million DWT-class tankers and 120m wide-130m high plants right at the dock.
In addition, No.1 Dock has six 50- to 200-ton jib cranes to support outdoor assembly field and in-dock work.
[Specifications]
-Length 530.0m
-Width 131m
-Depth 14.5m
[Crane]
-1 x 900t Gantry / 1 x 200t Jib Crane /
-3 x 50t Jib Crane / 1 x 60t Traveling Tower /
-1 x 60t Tower / 4 x 50t Jib
[Max Size]
-1,000,000 DWT / 120m-wide Plant - Capable of building up to 1 million DWT-class ships and 80m-wide plants
A 900-ton gantry crane and 3 tower cranes are in operation
No.2 Dock, which can build up to 1 million DWT-class ships and 80m-wide plants, has a 900-ton gantry crane and 3 tower cranes in operation. It specializes in building very large container ships, automobile carriers, and product oil carriers.
[Specifications]
-Length 540.0m
-Width 81.0m
-Depth 14.5m
[Crane]
-1 x 900t Gantry / 3 x 50t Tower
[Max Size]
-1,000,000 DWT / 80m-wide Plant - High-caliber human resources training facility
Established in 1973, recognized by the government as an excellent human resources training facility, and was awarded the Order of Industrial Service Merit - Gold Tower
At this training center, we cultivate high-caliber workers who will be essential for ensuring our products' excellent quality.
All of our employees undergo regular skills improvement training 1 to 3 times a year, and employees from partner companies also get certificates and receive improvement training here.
It was recognized as an excellent human resources training facility by the government and was awarded the Order of Industrial Service Merit Gold Tower. - R&D of technologies required for the construction, installation, and operation of ships and offshore plants
Research required for product building, such as design technology/welding technology/performance analysis/simulation
This is the place where we R&D basic and elemental technologies necessary for the construction, installation, and operation of ships and offshore plants.
We conduct research in all fields, including design and welding technologies required for product building, R&D of the automation process and equipment layout, performance analysis for navigation, various simulations, developing high-performance/high-quality paint and property evaluation technology, and eco-friendlthess and energy-saving research. - Manufactures/installs various pre-outfitting items such as pipes, cables, electrical equipment, and machinery
Maintaining high productivity with the pre-outfitting method
Here, we manufacture and install various pre-outfitting items, such as pipes, cables, electrical equipment, and machinery, in advance.
We implemented the pre-outfitting method, in which pre-outfitting products are manufactured separately and installed in advance on the blocks at the pre-outfitting plant. At least 80% of the outfitting work is done at this point, which results in high productivity. - Performs high-quality welding with semi-automatic auto-carriage devices that minimize thermal deformation
The place where steel pieces cut from the cutting plant are welded together for the first time
At this plant, small pieces of steel plates cut from the cutting plant are melted and welded together for the first time.
Welded together by ones and twos, the steel plates then get attached to the main aggregate during subassembly and block assembly.
This plant performs high-quality welding with semi-automatic auto-carriage welding machines that minimize thermal deformation. - Integrates the design field
Completed in April 2011
This building is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and a high-speed communication network.
The Harmony Center offers office space for ship owners and classification companies, while the Happiness Hall includes employee welfare facilities such as an in-house daycare(childcare facility), a gym, and a movie theater. - Purifies domestic sewage from the shipyard with a microorganism-based biological treatment method
Purifies domestic sewage coming from around 60 places to reuse in the production process
This facility collects all domestic sewage generated in the shipyard in one place and purifies it with a microorganism-based biological treatment method.
The domestic sewage from around 160 places, including restrooms, canteens, and showers, goes through a sump and a mediation pumping station before being transferred to a pipeline of about 26km. Finally, the sewage arrives at the sewage treatment plant, where we treat it to go below 30% of the legal standard (BOD: 6 ppm or less) for reuse in the production process. - 30 to 50-ton jib cranes and a 60-ton traveling tower crane supports the quay work
The facility where ships and plants can be outfitted and tested while floating on the water
We have a 3,600m quay wall where ships and plants can be outfitted and tested while floating on the water. The 11 to 14m-deep quay wall has 30 to 50-ton-class jib cranes and a 60-ton-class traveling tower crane to support the work. - Top-notch painting technology that can withstand more than 20 years of sailing
Polishing the surface thinly with blasting to remove contaminants and applying 4 to 6 layers of paint
This plant polishes the surfaces of assembled blocks with blasting to remove contaminants and apply 4 to 6 layers of paint.
Each painting plant has a large dust collecting equipment and a humidity control device to provide the best painting conditions and protect the atmospheric environment. Our painting technology is durable enough to withstand more than 20 years of seafaring. - Has full-automatic plasma cutting equipment and automatic gas cutters
Automatically cuts the steel and processes corners according to the design
The cutting plant automatically cuts steel plates, which have undergone surface processing and surface treatment painting, according to the design. The plant is equipped with dozens of full-automatic plasma cutting equipment, including automatic markers, and automatic gas cutters.
It cuts not only flat steel plates but also shape steel materials such as T-bars. At this place, even processing the edges of the steel plates is automated. - Manufactures midship hulls, the body of ships
Manufactures hull blocks using large automated facilities such as automatic plate connectors and automatic longitudinal (longi) fit-up and welding machines
Assembly Plant 1 and Assembly Plant 3 make midship hulls, which is the body of a ship. They are equipped with large automation equipment such as "automatic plate connectors," which connect large steel plates, and "automatic longi fit-up and welding machines," which attach the longitudinal framing of a ship, to manufacture "blocks" that comprise the hull.
The two largest plants in the yard are known for making the world's most durable hull with a "double-sided slit method," in which we put the longitudinal aggregate and the transverse steel aggregate together.
In addition, these plants have many high-tech assembly equipment, such as dozens of automatic welding robots and submerged automatic welding machines. - The plant that manufactures bow hulls and stern hulls that have three-dimensional curved surfaces
Accurately measures intricate blocks with precise dimensional measurement equipment, achieving a margin of error of only ±2mm
This plant makes complex bow and stern hulls that have three-dimensional curved surfaces using large press machines and thermal deformation processing technology.
Equipped with overhead cranes and large press machines for straightening, the plant accurately measures intricately shaped blocks' measurements with the precise three-dimensional measurement system that uses LASER light wave measurement instruments and computers to manufacture blocks of 10m or bigger with a margin of error of only ±2mm.
The place also has cutting-edge machines, such as automatic pin jigs that automatically support curved blocks, to create beautiful curves on the ship's bow and stern. - Mobile shipyard on the water
A giant dock that can build ships on the sea
Our floating docks, which can launch up to Suezmax-class ships, are also able to re-launch and repair 78,000-ton-class LNG carriers.
The floating docks are efficiently utilized for building, re-launching, and repair of Naval ships-and medium- and large-sized ships. - Unloads/stores steel plates transported by ships
Stores steel plates according to the specifications and supplies them to the cutting plant using conveyor system
This is the place where various steel plates transported by ships are unloaded and stored. The unloading quay has large unloading cranes in operation. The steel plates are sorted by size at the 45,000㎡ steel stockyard before being supplied to the cutting plant through a conveyor system. - The place to pre-install various fittings on blocks
Pre-installs various fittings before assembling large blocks to improve quality and productivity
This plant pre-installs various fittings, pipes, steel outfitting, ventilation systems, electric apparatus/instrumentations, and machinery, on manufactured offshore plant hull blocks.
While building offshore plants, we standardize various fittings for each zone and pre-install them at the block stage before assembling large blocks to improve quality and productivity. - Manufactures hull structures for offshore plants
A multi-purpose plant that performs minor assembly and subassembly and manufactures all specialized structures, such as curved and cylindrical blocks, and casting structures
This plant specializes in making various hull structures for offshore plants.
The plant, which consists of four bays, performs minor assembly of steel plates and sections cut according to the design and subassembly, in which several small blocks are put together to make larger blocks.
It also manufactures all casting structures and special structures, such as curved and cylindrical blocks.
This plant boasts high productivity and excellent quality since it is equipped with two 100-ton and two 50-ton cranes and cutting-edge automation equipment, such as minor assembly conveyor lines and automatic welding machines. - Subassembly plant for offshore plants
Attaches longitudinal frames to the big plate, which serves as the hull's shell plating and main frame, and performs the subassembly of flat blocks
This plant attaches longitudinal frames (longi) to the big plate, which serves as the hull of an offshore plant's shell plating and main frame, and performs the subassembly of flat blocks.
It has cranes and automatic welding machines, which can weld 16 longis at once. It also supplies manufactured main plate longis and sub-assembled flat blocks to Maritime Manufacture Plants 1 and 3 for the block assembly process. - Assembly of large blocks for offshore plants
Assembly plant that assembles and connects large blocks
This plant performs large block assembly and connects assembled blocks to make larger ones.
With a length of 210m and a width of 54m, this place is the largest single-factory in the yard. It has various equipment, such as 250-ton and 50-ton overhead cranes, pin jig plates for block assembly, and grid surface plates for large block assembly, which enables it to produce large block products of any shape. - Painting and surface treatment plant with cutting-edge facilities that can control humidity and temperature
Performs surface treatment and finishing painting work before erecting the offshore plant blocks
This plant performs surface treatment and finishing painting work before erecting very large offshore plant blocks. It is fully equipped with cutting-edge facilities that can control humidity.
The surface treatment plant cuts the steel plate's surface with blasting to increase the paint's adsorption ratio. The painting plant, which applies paint on the treated surface, can perform high-quality painting in a suitable environment, regardless of the outdoor climate, since it has facilities to control humidity and temperature.
These two plants are side by side, allowing surface treatment and painting of 40m-wide and 40m-long blocks to be done in succession. - Connects blocks and completes products outdoors
A plant that connects and assembles the blocks manufactured at the offshore processing plants and assembly plants into one complete product outdoors
This is a specialized outdoor assembly plant that connects and assembles several blocks made in offshore processing plants and assembly plants into one very large block. The accumulated blocks are then combined into a complete product.
It has several large shelters that allow our employees to work in rainy or stormy weather.
In addition, the outdoor workshop, where we stack very large blocks to make a complete product before pushing it toward the quay wall along the rails to load it onto a sea barge, is built to withstand the weight of a very large completed plant, which can be up to thousands of tons. - Integrated plant for surface treatment and painting
A plant equipped with cutting-edge facilities, including dehumidifiers/large gas heaters/ventilation systems, and is capable of surface treatment and painting work for all types of blocks
We have a separate large-scale painting plant that can perform surface treatment and painting work on 55m-long and 40m-wide large blocks for LNG carriers.
This integrated surface treatment and painting plant has cutting-edge facilities for all kinds of painting work, such as dehumidifiers with a 30,000㎡-per-hour capacity, large gas heaters, and ventilation systems, allowing surface treatment and painting on all types of blocks for LNG carriers and other vessels.
