Fire at South Korean plant threatens delays to LNG carrier newbuildings

Shipyards have alerted owners of on-order LNG carrier newbuildings that a fire at a factory manufacturing insulation panels for their vessels could cause delays to construction.

TradeWinds has been told that the fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning on 21 April affected the panel and machining assembly line no. 2 at Hankuk Carbon Plant 2 factory in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province.