HD Hyundai Heavy Industries lands MRO contract for USNS Alan Shepard

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said Wednesday it has secured a contract for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of a U.S. Navy auxiliary ship, marking the first deal of its kind since Korea committed to major investments in the U.S. shipbuilding sector under the two countries’ recent tariff agreement. According to the shipbuilder, it recently won the scheduled overhaul project for the USNS Alan Shepard, a 41,000-ton dry cargo and ammunition ship assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet. Commissioned in 2007, the vessel is named after Rear Adm. Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel into space. Starting in September, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will carry out the overhaul at a berth near HD Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan. The process will include propeller cleaning, the maintenance of various tanks and the inspection of onboard equipment. Upon completion of the project, the vessel is scheduled to be returned to the U.S. Navy in November 2025. This is the first MRO order that a Korean shipbuilder has received since Seoul proposed the so-called “Make American Shipbuilding GWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times