Hyundai Eyes Samsung, LG Cargo
South Korea’s second-largest container line Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd is in talks with South Korean firms such as home appliance makers Samsung and LG to carry their cargo, Reuters reported quoting the chairman of South Korea's Financial Services Commission. Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd was handling cargo of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and LG Electronics. Hyundai plans to deploy 13 more vessels to the U.S. and Europe to help ease cargo disruptions after its bigger rival Hanjin's collapse, according to a report in Bloomberg. HMM could acquire some of the distressed assets from Hanjin, including vessels and protecting some jobs, Bloomberg has reported. HMM said it would work with authorities to come up with possible measures, but elaborated no further.
Samsung Heavy Industries to Raise $985 mln via Rights Issue
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Friday its board of directors have approved a plan to raise about 1.1 trillion won ($985.22 million) via a rights issue. Samsung Heavy, part of the Samsung Group conglomerate, has been planning a rights issue to weather a drop in orders for new vessels at South Korea's three largest shipbuilders, while the country expects a 20 percent drop in major shipbuilders' capacity by 2018 from 2015. Separately, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee - the de facto head of Samsung Group - does not plan to buy any of the new Samsung Heavy shares. A Samsung Group spokeswoman declined to comment. Reporting by Joyce Lee and Se Young Lee
Samsung Group Announces Investment Plan
AP has reported that the Samsung Group, South Korea's biggest industrial conglomerate with interests ranging from semiconductors to shipbuilding, said Tuesday it plans to double sales by 2010, matching the goals set last week for its huge electronics unit. • Samsung also said it will spend 47 trillion won, or $45 billion, on research and development and recruit 30,000 new researchers over the next five years. The majority of the spending plan includes goals announced more than a month ago by Samsung Electronics Co., which accounts for about 60 percent of total sales and is the group's largest member. Samsung Heavy Industries Co., another pillar of the group, is one of the world's largest shipbuilders.
