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South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries the World. (HHI) Group won 62 new ship orders worth $3.8 billion for January-May period this year, a 500% increase for the com- parable period last year when it received 12 ship orders worth $1 billion. In May alone, HHI Group netted 20 ships worth $1.3 billion, and the total number and value of ships HHI Group won in May can be increased to 29 ships and $1.9 billion if all the options are exercised.

According to Clarkson’s Report, HHI

Group secured as much as 67% (28 ships) of 100,000 DWT or bigger tankers, and 50% (14 ships) of VLCCs that are ordered globally this year to date.

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Photo: Hyundai Heavy Industries

Robotic Hull Inspector

Deep Trekker launched a new inspection vehicle: the Deep

Trekker DT640 Utility Crawler, the ? rst three-wheeled vehicle of its kind. Equipped with an HD camera, magnetic wheels and a multitude of application speci? c add-ons, the Utility

Crawler can perform an array of tasks, making it versatile and easy to deploy.

The Utility Crawler, designed and built by Deep Trekker, is submersible to 50m, and houses its own onboard batteries.

Deployment is designed to be quick for tasks such as contra- band inspections and testing hull integrity or thickness.

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Photo: Deep Trekker (Photo by Matt Hildreth/Huntington Ingalls Industries) 10 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JUNE 2017

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