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Hanwha appoints Kim Hyuk president of Philly Shipyard

The appointment was announced November 3, with conflicting reported effective dates on public file.

Ingrid Sorensen
Shipbuilding Correspondent
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Hanwha Group announced on November 3 that Kim Hyuk has been appointed president of Hanwha Philly Shipyard.[1] Two separate published accounts list different effective dates for the appointment. One states the role will take effect the Monday following the announcement. A second report lists an effective date of November 2, 2025.[2] The Philadelphia shipyard has delivered approximately half of all large oceangoing Jones Act commercial vessels built in the United States since 2000.[3] U.S. shipyards delivered more than 1,300 vessels in 2016.[4]
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  1. Hanwha Group announced on November 3 that Kim Hyuk has been appointed president of Hanwha Philly Shipyard, effective the following Monday. · Yonhap News AgencySouth Korea
  2. Hanwha Philly Shipyard named Hyuk Kim as its new president, effective November 2, 2025. · gCaptain
  3. The Philadelphia shipyard has delivered approximately half of all large oceangoing Jones Act commercial vessels built in the United States since 2000. · gCaptain
  4. U.S. shipyards delivered more than 1,300 vessels in 2016. · americanmaritimepartnership.com
The one we could place publishes from South Korea. 2 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.