Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd., formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai and Samsung.
History
On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Maersk) ordered 10 large container ships from DSME, each with a capacity of 18,000 containers, surpassing the then record holder; the Mærsk E-class at 15,200 containers.[3] The contract is worth $1.9bn.[4] The first was to be delivered in 2014. In June 2011, Maersk ordered ten more, for another $1.9bn.[4] The new class is called the Triple E class.
On December 20, 2011, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering won the largest single defense contract by a Korean firm; valued at $1.07 billion to build three Indonesian submarines.[5]