Yes, great stuff indeed, David. Google Earth street view is an excellent thing in this case. It appears that those blocks spent quite some time there after the failure of the Jinse yard.
Back then, I obviously didn't know about many ship spotting locations around Busan, otherwise I would have gotten some close-ups. These days, occasional trespassing is acceptable behaviour... :)

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Vlad

Great stuff, David. Indeed Jinse Shipbuilding Co. did have a large number of handysize bulkers on order when they went bust. As you say, only one was ever completed. There were rumours that another two ships would be built but nothing came of it and details were very sketchy.

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Phil

Thanks Vlad.
http://tinyurl.com/jeerwys
That's certainly not where Orient say they were!

But street view (Jan 2010) by that site looks as if it answers the question:
http://tinyurl.com/h4qsnu7
The row of sections is there, in front of the office of Jinse Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Jinse seem to have closed down in about 2009, having built only the first of a series of about three dozen log-fitted bulkers (ASIAN TOMORROW - IMO 9517549)
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=836074
Several others had been launched when the yard closed and the contracts cancelled. I wonder whether those hulls are still around?

Here you go:

35.100931,129.058235

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Vlad

Maybe the confusion arises because Orient called their yard "Busan Shipyard", because they had another at Gwangyang.
http://www.orientshipyard.com/eng/html/03_busan/01.php

But this doesn't look like the same place. Can you pinpoint the location on GoogleMaps, Vlad?

Ok, thanks Vlad. Perhaps "Busan Shipyard" constructed only hull blocks for actual shipbuilders, but then they had slipways?

Seeing as I compile shipbuilding data for a living, it's strange that "Busan Shipyard" doesn't show up as a former shipbuilder.

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Phil

...or the blocks simply dismantled.

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Vlad

So if the slipways have been levelled, at some stage this ship must have been launched..

Phil, I've seen some old Korean maps of Yeongdo area in Busan showing "Busan Shipyard"; it exist even now, and the name is written on the office building, even as the slipways have been leveled.

Pieter, there were two "Jin ..." bulkers waiting for a buyer (since they were abandoned by their original owner) in September 2010; there were also some unfinished blocks laying around, if I remember correctly. The blocks could have been produced anywhere in Korea, after all.
But it is possible that these were the combined unfinished blocks from abandoned/failed orders.

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Vlad

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2183892

Vlad?

Hi Vlad, could this be what remains of the Orient Shipyard, Busan? I don't think that there was ever a "Busan Shipyard" as such. When Orient Shipyard collapsed they were building a number of log-fitted handysize bulkers, which would match with what we see here.

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Phil

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Phil

What a sad sight!

Regards,

Frank

Thanks for your comments.

Pieter, I also doubt if these blocks were ever joined in a more meaningful manner... After all, it was a time of crisis (although not as bad as this one!), so it was possible that this photo shows its fallout. One Korea shipyard, C&Heavy, failed at that time, and I remember them having some bulkers on order...

David, the name of the yard is Busan Shipyard, location is on Yeongdo island between Hanjin and Daesun; they had two mid-sized slipways, but I doubt that they were actually building anything back then. Their office building is still there, but the location is being used only to berth derelict Russian fishing boats.

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Vlad

Which Busan yard was that, Vlad?

Bits of at least three ships there, maybe more. One bow section, one near-stern and assorted midships.

LEGO vessel

Was she ever completed?

Thanks for your comment, Cody! Yes, stanchions is the word I was searching for... :)

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Vlad

Nice photo, Lappino! I think those frames may be called stanchions. :)