KOBC sells $600m bonds as Seoul kickstarts box ship building programme
Korea Ocean Business Corp (KOBC) has issued $600m of bonds to finance the state’s ambition ...
The turmoil in South Korea’s maritime industry continues. While the country struggles to make sure it has at least some form of container shipping service on which its largest exporters can depend, it now appears that the head of the DSME shipyard, where the 20 Maersk Triple-E vessels were built (and who was running the company as they were under construction), was involved in issuing some $25.5m of bribes, according to the Yonhap News Agency, acquaintances of former a Korea Development Bank head who is also facing corruption charges. It’s a messy, messy affair.
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