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'''Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines''', known as '''HHIC Phil''', was established in February 2006 by [[Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction]] of [[South Korea]]. In the same month, |
'''Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines''', also known as '''HHIC Phil''', was a [[Philippines]]-based shipbuilding company established in February 2006 by [[Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction]] of [[South Korea]]. In the same month, its first [[shipbuilding]] contract was signed for four [[container ship]]s. In May 2006, the construction of a [[shipyard]] began on [[Redondo Peninsula]], on the western edge of [[Subic Bay]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} |
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The first vessel "Argolikos" was delivered in July 2008 for the Greek ship owner Dioryx.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bayan-natin.blogspot.com/2008/04/hanjin-launches-first-subic-made-ship.html|title=Hanjin Subic launches its first ship|date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> As of April 2011, the shipyard had delivered 20 ships. In 2013, the shipyard made its first oil tanker and in 2016, it delivered its first gas carrier. |
The first vessel "Argolikos" was delivered in July 2008 for the Greek ship owner Dioryx.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bayan-natin.blogspot.com/2008/04/hanjin-launches-first-subic-made-ship.html|title=Hanjin Subic launches its first ship|date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> As of April 2011, the shipyard had delivered 20 ships. In 2013, the shipyard made its first [[oil tanker]], and in 2016, it delivered its first [[gas carrier]]. The shipyard has also built parts of [[Single buoy mooring#Catenary anchor leg mooring|CALM buoys]] used for the [[Malampaya gas field]] offshore project. The shipyard also has two large [[dry dock]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hanjin delivers 2 new bulk carriers to Greek firm |url=http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep16/busi3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927022709/http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep16/busi3.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |website=[[Malaya (newspaper)|Malaya]]}}</ref> |
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In January 2019, the company filed for the |
In January 2019, the company filed for the largest bankruptcy in Philippine history with unpaid loan obligations amounting to [[US$]]412 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sicat |first=Gerardo P. |date=January 16, 2019 |title=Hanjin Philippines shipbuilding bankruptcy |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/01/16/1885352/hanjin-philippines-shipbuilding-bankruptcy |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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As |
As part of its overseas expansion process in 2004, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction started building a shipyard on the Redondo peninsula, southwest of [[Subic, Zambales]]. According to the company's website, this resulted in the world's fourth-largest [[shipyard]]. As of September 2011, the shipyard employed 21,000 [[Filipinos]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} |
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On April 18, 2012, according to ''[[The New York Times]]'', "a subsidiary of [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]], a United States defense contractor, announced a deal to work with Hanjin Heavy Industries, which maintains a shipbuilding and repair facility at the former base at Subic Bay. That opens the door to large-scale servicing of United States military ships there for the first time in almost 20 years."<ref name="Whaley 2012">{{cite web |last=Whaley |first=Floyd |date=2012-04-29 |title=Philippines Role May Grow as U.S. Adjusts Asia Strategy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/world/asia/philippines-role-may-grow-as-us-adjusts-asia-strategy.html |accessdate=2022-08-23 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Huntington Ingalls said in a news release that the companies "will work together in providing maintenance, repair and logistics services to the U.S. Navy and other customers in the Western Pacific region."<ref name="Gallop 2012">{{cite press release | last=Gallop | first=Leslie | title=Huntington Ingalls Industries Subsidiary AMSEC LLC Partners With HHIC Holdings Co., Ltd. | website=GlobeNewswire News Room | date=18 April 2012 | url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/04/18/473634/14858/en/Huntington-Ingalls-Industries-Subsidiary-AMSEC-LLC-Partners-With-HHIC-Holdings-Co-Ltd.html | access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> |
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The company's workforce was expected to increase to nearly 28,000 in 2016. However, a slump in shipbuilding projects limited the workforce to 20,000 as of 2017.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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As of September 2017, the company had the largest shipyard in the Philippines and was one of the largest private employers in the country.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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== Shipyard == |
== Shipyard == |
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{{main|Hanjin Subic Shipyard}} |
{{main|Hanjin Subic Shipyard}} |
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[[File:HHIC-Philippines.jpg|thumb|A 20.766 TEU container ship (''CMA CGM Louis Bleriot'') and oil tanker (''Levantine Sea'') being constructed at Dry Dock |
[[File:HHIC-Philippines.jpg|thumb|A 20.766 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]] container ship (''CMA CGM Louis Bleriot'') and oil tanker (''Levantine Sea'') being constructed at Dry Dock number 6]] |
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The shipyard is located |
The shipyard is located on the eastern side of Redondo peninsula, in Agusuhin [[sitio]], in Zambales province on [[Luzon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/16593691/HANJIN-HHIC-Incorporation|title=Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines, Inc. – Wikimapia}}</ref> A large number of [[Koreans]] and [[Romanians]] who form the [[upper management]] of the shipyard live on site in [[barracks]] (colloquially called ''chicken coops''). The shipyard occupies land owned by the [[Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority]] (SBMA) and was leased out to the company on a 40-year basis.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}{{needs update|date=August 2022}} |
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[[Jeepney]]s and buses hired by the company transport workers between the shipyard and the two nearby towns of [[Castillejos]] and Subic, with many workers staying farther out in [[Olongapo]] and [[San Marcelino]]. Most workers come to work at the company from other parts of the Philippines and stay in [[boarding houses]] in these towns. A large [[ferry]] and 25 [[charter bus]]es transport its workers to and from Olongapo daily.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Additionally, two smaller company-owned [[High-speed craft|fast ferries]] transport a small number of the owners' representatives from Hanjin jetty near All Hands Beach, [[Subic Bay Freeport Zone]] to the shipyard. Security at the shipyard remains tight due to high [[Package pilferage|pilferage]] by workers during its early years. The area is also strategically important to the [[Philippine Armed Forces]], and is protected by both HHIC Police and Philippine Armed Forces [[commando]]s.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}{{needs update|date=August 2022}} |
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== Bankruptcy == |
== Bankruptcy == |
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{{Update section|date=August 2022}} |
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On November 22, 2018, the company delivered two recently completed 114,000 [[deadweight ton]] crude oil tankers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hanjin Shipyard Delivers 2 units of 114K Crude Oil Tanker |url=http://www.hhic-phil.com/pr/newsroom_read.aspx?bbsID=896 |accessdate=27 March 2019 |publisher=HHIC Phil news room}}</ref> However, with 20 vessels in different stages of construction at the time, the company found it difficult to service its high debts or to get further extensions from its lenders. On January 8, 2019, the company filed for corporate [[restructuring]] due to [[Default (finance)|default]] or failure to comply with its loan obligation of $412 million to five Philippine banks, namely [[Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation]], [[Land Bank of the Philippines|Land Bank]], [[Metrobank (Philippines)|Metrobank]], [[Bank of the Philippine Islands]], and [[Banco de Oro]]. It became the biggest bankruptcy in the Philippines, surpassing the $386 million [[Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers|default by Lehman Brothers]] in the Philippines in 2008. {{As of|2019|01}}, the five banks were working to take over the company's shipyard.<ref name=default>{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Daxim |last2=Camus |first2=Miguel |title=Local banks grapple with biggest default in PH corporate history |url=https://business.inquirer.net/263398/local-banks-grapple-with-biggest-default-in-ph-corporate-history |accessdate=13 January 2019 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=11 January 2019}}</ref> On January 19, 2019, it was reported that two Chinese firms had filed expressions of interest to purchase the shipyard along with its debt.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese Investors Interested in Cash-Strapped Hanjin Subic |url=https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/268408/chinese-investors-interested-in-cash-strapped-hanjin-subic/ |accessdate=27 March 2019 |publisher=World maritime news |date=14 January 2019}}</ref> Subsequently, ''[[TradeWinds]]'' reported that HHIC Phil and the Philippine government had agreed upon a [[Debt-for-nature swap|debt swap]] deal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Gary |date=2019-02-15 |title=Hanjin strikes debt-swap deal for Philippines yard |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/shipyards/hanjin-strikes-debt-swap-deal-for-philippines-yard/2-1-544850 |access-date=2019-03-27 |url-access=subscription |website=[[TradeWinds]] |language=en}}</ref>{{Needs update|date=August 2022}} |
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Australian shipbuilder [[Austal]] and US-based private equity firm [[Cerberus Capital Management]] considered launching a joint bid to take over the Subic shipyard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Austal, Cerberus team up to eye Hanjin's Philippine shipyard |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-hanjin-austal-cerberus-ca-idUSKBN1WO16B |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=Reuters |date=2019-10-09 |language=en}}</ref> Austal would later drop its bid to have a stake in the shipyard.<ref name="maritime">{{cite news |title=Former Hanjin Subic Bay Shipyard in Philippines Being Sold to Cerberus |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/former-hanjin-subic-bay-shipyard-in-philippines-being-sold-to-cerberus |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=The Maritime Executive |date=9 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Agila Subic became Cerberus' new partner, taking over the shipyard's operations in March 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cerberus-Agila taking over Hanjin Subic shipbuilding facility |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/03/07/cerberus-agila-taking-over-hanjin-subic-shipbuilding-facility/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=7 March 2022}}</ref> Agila Subic is a Dutch venture consisting of four companies that are affiliates of Cerberus.<ref name="redux">{{cite news |last1=Empeño |first1=Henry |title=Subic redux |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/09/17/subic-redux/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=BusinessMirror |date=16 September 2022}}</ref> Accordingly, the shipyard was renamed the Agila Subic Multi-Use Facilities.<ref name="ph-uae">{{cite news |last1=Fadriquela |first1=Jerome |title=PH-UAE defense industry at shipbuilding partnership pinag-aaralan |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/31/22/ph-uae-defense-industry-at-ship-building-partnership-pinag-aaralan |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=TFC News |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=31 August 2022 |language=tl}}</ref> |
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The [[Philippine Navy]] began leasing the shipyard's northern section in May 2022.<ref name=makes>{{cite news |last1=Mangosing |first1=Frances |title=Navy makes strategic move to Subic shipyard facing WPS |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1602734/navy-makes-strategic-move-to-subic-shipyard-facing-wps |access-date=6 November 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=26 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> American defense contractor [[Vectrus]] also moved in.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verdejo |first1=Genivi |title=SBMA sees Agila Subic's takeoff |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/01/business/maritime/sbma-sees-agila-subics-takeoff/1845703/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=1 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Cerberus completed its acquisition of the shipyard by April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 April 2022 |title=US-based Cerberus acquires Hanjin shipyard in Subic Bay |work=[[CNN Philippines]] |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/4/22/Cerberus-conclusion-agreements-Hanjin-shipyard-Subic-Bay.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422110920/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/4/22/Cerberus-conclusion-agreements-Hanjin-shipyard-Subic-Bay.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, SBMA officials welcomed [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines|United States Ambassador to the Philippines]], [[MaryKay Carlson]], and indicated they wanted to see American military forces return to the Philippine naval base.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=|first=|date=November 24, 2022|title=U.S. military poised to return to Subic Bay, counter China's presence|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/11/34dad3ba3fae-us-military-poised-to-return-to-subic-bay-counter-chinas-presence.html|newspaper=Kyodo News}}</ref> |
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=== Nationalities employed === |
=== Nationalities employed === |
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The shipyard's upper management consists of around 100 Koreans. The [[middle management]] staff includes Koreans, Romanians, and Filipinos. The [[Construction foreman|foremen]] include Koreans, Filipinos, and Romanians, mostly employed by [[subsidiary]] companies of HHIC Phil operated by Filipinos. Most of the approximately 200 Romanian workers are employed in dock 5 and a few in dock 6 through the Romanian recruitment company Gateway Trading SRL. {{As of|2017}} most of the workers, nearly 19,000, are Filipino. The shipyard provides free lunch, dinner and breakfast to all its workers in five large [[Cafeteria|canteens]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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=== Alleged labor violations === |
=== Alleged labor violations === |
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While the company's presence in Subic has brought thousands of jobs to the area, a steady stream of accidental workplace deaths and alleged labor violations have led to questions about the company's compliance with Philippine labor and [[occupational safety]] laws. During two months in 2008, five workers were killed in accidents that may have resulted from unsafe working conditions.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=March 11, 2008 |title=Two workers died in another Hanjin 'freak' accident |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/11/08/two-workers-killed-another-hanjin-freak-accident |website=[[ABS-CBN]]}}</ref> This prompted investigations by the SBMA and the [[Philippine Congress]], which found violations of safety and labor laws. After the Congressional inquiry, legislators required the company to build a medical center and comply with industrial safety laws within six months. Workers have since continued to express complaints of abuse by management; one such incident was caught on camera and distributed to the Filipino news station [[ABS-CBN]].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=March 19, 2012 |title=Hanjin labor 'abuse' caught on cam |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/03/19/12/hanjin-labor-abuse-caught-cam |website=[[ABS-CBN]]}}</ref> Many workers have also begun to organize to attain [[union recognition]]. According to organizers, who have started a blog to document abuses, 60 employees have been terminated for union-related activity, and over 30 have been killed in workplace accidents since the shipyard opened in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hanjinworkers.wordpress.com/|title=Hanjinworkers's Blog}}</ref> Filipino church groups like the Caritas Filipinas Foundation have also rallied in support of the workers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nassa.org.ph/?p=94 |title=Hanjin Shipyard: Hell on Earth : NASSA {{!}} Official Website |website=nassa.org.ph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216174640/http://nassa.org.ph/?p=94 |archive-date=2014-12-16}} </ref> HHIC Phil General Manager Pyeong Jong Yu has expressed commitment to preventing future incidents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/11/08/two-workers-killed-another-hanjin-freak-accident..|title = ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features}}</ref> |
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Since 2011, safety standards at the shipyard have improved, especially after ship owners introduced their own health and safety teams to augment the shipyard efforts.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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== Ships built == |
== Ships built == |
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The shipyard builds bulk carriers, container ships and oil tankers. Additionally, it has undertaken offshore construction work such as CALM [[ |
The shipyard builds bulk carriers, [[Intermodal container|container]] ships, and oil tankers. Additionally, it has undertaken offshore construction work such as building CALM [[buoy]]s for the [[Malampaya gas field]] project.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Olchondra|first1=Riza|title=$756M Malampaya rig going up in Subic|url=http://business.inquirer.net/164535/756m-malampaya-rig-going-up-in-subic|accessdate=5 September 2016|publisher=Inquirer|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> |
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=== Types of ships built === |
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* [[Container ship]]s{{snd}}Capacity in [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEUs]]: 3,600, 4,300 and 12,800 |
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* [[Bulk carrier]]s{{snd}}Capacity 135,000 [[tonne]]s, 175,000 tonnes, 205,000 tonnes |
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* [[Very large crude carrier]]{{snd}}Capacity 320,000 tonnes |
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===Notable ships=== |
=== Notable ships === |
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[[File:CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY (42043424074).jpg|thumb|The ''[[CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery]]'']] |
[[File:CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY (42043424074).jpg|thumb|The ''[[CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery]]'']] |
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* M/V ''Argolikos'' |
* [[M/V]] ''Argolikos{{snd}}''First container ship built in the Philippines, first ship built by the company<ref>{{cite news |title=First RP-built cargo ship inaugurated in Subic Bay |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/04/08/first-rp-built-cargo-ship-inaugurated-subic-bay |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=2008-07-04 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* M/T ''Leyla K'' |
* [[Oil tanker|M/T]] ''Leyla K''{{snd}}Largest oil tanker built in the Philippines as of October 2011<ref name=biggest>{{cite news |last1=Custodio |first1=Arlo |title=Hanjin delivers world's biggest cargo vessel |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/01/27/todays-headline-photos/top-stories/hanjin-delivers-worlds-biggest-cargo-vessel/376711 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=The Manila Times |date=2018-01-27 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newscentralsite.com/blogs/2010/01/10/hanjin-launches-largest-oil-tanker-ever-built-in-the-country/ |title=Hanjin launches most giant oil tanker ever built in the country : NewsCentral |access-date=2011-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061023/http://newscentralsite.com/blogs/2010/01/10/hanjin-launches-largest-oil-tanker-ever-built-in-the-country/ |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* ''[[CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery]]'' (2018) |
* ''[[CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery]]'' (2018){{snd}}French container ship, owned by [[CMA CGM]]<ref name=biggest/> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* {{official|http://www.hhic-phil.com/ |
* {{official|http://www.hhic-phil.com/}} |
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* [http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=54587 SBMA chair cites Korean |
* [http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=54587 SBMA chair cites Korean shipbuilder's role in Philippines economy], [[Philippine Information Agency]] |
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Industrie | Shipbuilding |
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Gegründet | February 2006 |
Hauptsitz | Philippinen |
Areas served | Worldwide |
Services | Shipbuilding |
Number of employees | 23,000 (2019[1]) |
Parent | Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 한진필리핀 |
Hanja | 韓進 |
Revised Romanization | Hanjin Philippines |
McCune–Reischauer | Hanjin Philippines |
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines, also known as HHIC Phil, was a Philippines-based shipbuilding company established in February 2006 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. In the same month, its first shipbuilding contract was signed for four container ships. In May 2006, the construction of a shipyard began on Redondo Peninsula, on the western edge of Subic Bay.[citation needed]
The first vessel "Argolikos" was delivered in July 2008 for the Greek ship owner Dioryx.[2] As of April 2011, the shipyard had delivered 20 ships. In 2013, the shipyard made its first oil tanker, and in 2016, it delivered its first gas carrier. The shipyard has also built parts of CALM buoys used for the Malampaya gas field offshore project. The shipyard also has two large dry docks.[3]
In January 2019, the company filed for the largest bankruptcy in Philippine history with unpaid loan obligations amounting to US$412 million.[4]
Background
[edit]As part of its overseas expansion process in 2004, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction started building a shipyard on the Redondo peninsula, southwest of Subic, Zambales. According to the company's website, this resulted in the world's fourth-largest shipyard. As of September 2011, the shipyard employed 21,000 Filipinos.[citation needed]
On April 18, 2012, according to The New York Times, "a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, a United States defense contractor, announced a deal to work with Hanjin Heavy Industries, which maintains a shipbuilding and repair facility at the former base at Subic Bay. That opens the door to large-scale servicing of United States military ships there for the first time in almost 20 years."[5] Huntington Ingalls said in a news release that the companies "will work together in providing maintenance, repair and logistics services to the U.S. Navy and other customers in the Western Pacific region."[6]
The company's workforce was expected to increase to nearly 28,000 in 2016. However, a slump in shipbuilding projects limited the workforce to 20,000 as of 2017.[citation needed]
As of September 2017, the company had the largest shipyard in the Philippines and was one of the largest private employers in the country.[citation needed]
Shipyard
[edit]The shipyard is located on the eastern side of Redondo peninsula, in Agusuhin sitio, in Zambales province on Luzon.[7] A large number of Koreans and Romanians who form the upper management of the shipyard live on site in barracks (colloquially called chicken coops). The shipyard occupies land owned by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and was leased out to the company on a 40-year basis.[citation needed][needs update]
Jeepneys and buses hired by the company transport workers between the shipyard and the two nearby towns of Castillejos and Subic, with many workers staying farther out in Olongapo and San Marcelino. Most workers come to work at the company from other parts of the Philippines and stay in boarding houses in these towns. A large ferry and 25 charter buses transport its workers to and from Olongapo daily.[citation needed] Additionally, two smaller company-owned fast ferries transport a small number of the owners' representatives from Hanjin jetty near All Hands Beach, Subic Bay Freeport Zone to the shipyard. Security at the shipyard remains tight due to high pilferage by workers during its early years. The area is also strategically important to the Philippine Armed Forces, and is protected by both HHIC Police and Philippine Armed Forces commandos.[citation needed][needs update]
Bankruptcy
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On November 22, 2018, the company delivered two recently completed 114,000 deadweight ton crude oil tankers.[8] However, with 20 vessels in different stages of construction at the time, the company found it difficult to service its high debts or to get further extensions from its lenders. On January 8, 2019, the company filed for corporate restructuring due to default or failure to comply with its loan obligation of $412 million to five Philippine banks, namely Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Land Bank, Metrobank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Banco de Oro. It became the biggest bankruptcy in the Philippines, surpassing the $386 million default by Lehman Brothers in the Philippines in 2008. As of January 2019[update], the five banks were working to take over the company's shipyard.[1] On January 19, 2019, it was reported that two Chinese firms had filed expressions of interest to purchase the shipyard along with its debt.[9] Subsequently, TradeWinds reported that HHIC Phil and the Philippine government had agreed upon a debt swap deal.[10][needs update]
Australian shipbuilder Austal and US-based private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management considered launching a joint bid to take over the Subic shipyard.[11] Austal would later drop its bid to have a stake in the shipyard.[12]
Agila Subic became Cerberus' new partner, taking over the shipyard's operations in March 2022.[13] Agila Subic is a Dutch venture consisting of four companies that are affiliates of Cerberus.[14] Accordingly, the shipyard was renamed the Agila Subic Multi-Use Facilities.[15]
The Philippine Navy began leasing the shipyard's northern section in May 2022.[16] American defense contractor Vectrus also moved in.[17]
Cerberus completed its acquisition of the shipyard by April 2022.[18] In November 2022, SBMA officials welcomed United States Ambassador to the Philippines, MaryKay Carlson, and indicated they wanted to see American military forces return to the Philippine naval base.[19]
Labor
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Nationalities employed
[edit]The shipyard's upper management consists of around 100 Koreans. The middle management staff includes Koreans, Romanians, and Filipinos. The foremen include Koreans, Filipinos, and Romanians, mostly employed by subsidiary companies of HHIC Phil operated by Filipinos. Most of the approximately 200 Romanian workers are employed in dock 5 and a few in dock 6 through the Romanian recruitment company Gateway Trading SRL. As of 2017[update] most of the workers, nearly 19,000, are Filipino. The shipyard provides free lunch, dinner and breakfast to all its workers in five large canteens.[citation needed]
Alleged labor violations
[edit]While the company's presence in Subic has brought thousands of jobs to the area, a steady stream of accidental workplace deaths and alleged labor violations have led to questions about the company's compliance with Philippine labor and occupational safety laws. During two months in 2008, five workers were killed in accidents that may have resulted from unsafe working conditions.[20] This prompted investigations by the SBMA and the Philippine Congress, which found violations of safety and labor laws. After the Congressional inquiry, legislators required the company to build a medical center and comply with industrial safety laws within six months. Workers have since continued to express complaints of abuse by management; one such incident was caught on camera and distributed to the Filipino news station ABS-CBN.[21] Many workers have also begun to organize to attain union recognition. According to organizers, who have started a blog to document abuses, 60 employees have been terminated for union-related activity, and over 30 have been killed in workplace accidents since the shipyard opened in 2006.[22] Filipino church groups like the Caritas Filipinas Foundation have also rallied in support of the workers.[23] HHIC Phil General Manager Pyeong Jong Yu has expressed commitment to preventing future incidents.[24]
Since 2011, safety standards at the shipyard have improved, especially after ship owners introduced their own health and safety teams to augment the shipyard efforts.[citation needed]
Ships built
[edit]The shipyard builds bulk carriers, container ships, and oil tankers. Additionally, it has undertaken offshore construction work such as building CALM buoys for the Malampaya gas field project.[25]
Types of ships built
[edit]- Container ships – Capacity in TEUs: 3,600, 4,300 and 12,800
- Bulk carriers – Capacity 135,000 tonnes, 175,000 tonnes, 205,000 tonnes
- Very large crude carrier – Capacity 320,000 tonnes
Notable ships
[edit]- M/V Argolikos – First container ship built in the Philippines, first ship built by the company[26]
- M/T Leyla K – Largest oil tanker built in the Philippines as of October 2011[27][28]
- CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery (2018) – French container ship, owned by CMA CGM[27]
References
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- ^ "Hanjin delivers 2 new bulk carriers to Greek firm". Malaya. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Sicat, Gerardo P. (January 16, 2019). "Hanjin Philippines shipbuilding bankruptcy". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ Whaley, Floyd (April 29, 2012). "Philippines Role May Grow as U.S. Adjusts Asia Strategy". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ Gallop, Leslie (April 18, 2012). "Huntington Ingalls Industries Subsidiary AMSEC LLC Partners With HHIC Holdings Co., Ltd". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines, Inc. – Wikimapia".
- ^ "Hanjin Shipyard Delivers 2 units of 114K Crude Oil Tanker". HHIC Phil news room. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Chinese Investors Interested in Cash-Strapped Hanjin Subic". World maritime news. January 14, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ Dixon, Gary (February 15, 2019). "Hanjin strikes debt-swap deal for Philippines yard". TradeWinds. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Austal, Cerberus team up to eye Hanjin's Philippine shipyard". Reuters. October 9, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "Former Hanjin Subic Bay Shipyard in Philippines Being Sold to Cerberus". The Maritime Executive. March 9, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ "Cerberus-Agila taking over Hanjin Subic shipbuilding facility". Manila Bulletin. March 7, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ Empeño, Henry (September 16, 2022). "Subic redux". BusinessMirror. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ Fadriquela, Jerome (August 31, 2022). "PH-UAE defense industry at shipbuilding partnership pinag-aaralan". TFC News (in Tagalog). ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ Mangosing, Frances (May 26, 2022). "Navy makes strategic move to Subic shipyard facing WPS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ Verdejo, Genivi (June 1, 2022). "SBMA sees Agila Subic's takeoff". The Manila Times. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ "US-based Cerberus acquires Hanjin shipyard in Subic Bay". CNN Philippines. April 22, 2022. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. military poised to return to Subic Bay, counter China's presence". Kyodo News. November 24, 2022.
- ^ "Two workers died in another Hanjin 'freak' accident". ABS-CBN. March 11, 2008.
- ^ "Hanjin labor 'abuse' caught on cam". ABS-CBN. March 19, 2012.
- ^ "Hanjinworkers's Blog".
- ^ "Hanjin Shipyard: Hell on Earth : NASSA | Official Website". nassa.org.ph. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014.
- ^ "ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features".
- ^ Olchondra, Riza (February 21, 2014). "$756M Malampaya rig going up in Subic". Inquirer. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "First RP-built cargo ship inaugurated in Subic Bay". ABS-CBN News. July 4, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Custodio, Arlo (January 27, 2018). "Hanjin delivers world's biggest cargo vessel". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "Hanjin launches most giant oil tanker ever built in the country : NewsCentral". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2011.