Okpo Shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
- +82-55-680-2114
- dsme.co.kr
Overview
The Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is the world’s leading shipbuilding plant: building various vessels, offshore plants, drill ships, FPSO/FPUs, submarines and destroyers all year round. Construction began in October 1973 and was completed in 1981 and the resulting shipyard currently spans an area of 4.3million meters squared. It encompasses several docks, one of which boasts an astounding million-ton capacity. The plant is optimized for building high-tech motor vessels using cutting-edge equipment, including a 900-ton goliath crane. DSME manufactures high-quality products based on vast IT expertise, well-managed shipbuilding technologies, superb fixed-platform construction capacities, large-scale project management know-how, and submarine/destroyer construction technologies.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Contact
- - Korea Travel Phone +82-55-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
- For more info +82-55-680-2114 (Korean) - Closed
- Weekend and holidays
- Hours
- Weekdays (Mon - Fri) 09:00 - 16:00
※ Reservations must be made three days in advance.
Updated 2017.08.16
Admission Fees
Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
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* Take a bus from Seoul’s Nambu Bus Terminal to Gohyeon. The bus operates at 10 to 20 minute intervals from 06:40 to 24:00 daily. At the bus stop, located right across from Gohyeon Terminal, take the bus headed for Okpo/Jangseungpo and get off at the DSME stop. Travel time is roughly 40 minutes. .
* Take a bus from Seoul’s Nambu Bus Terminal to Jangseungpo. The bus is available from 10:10 to 23:40 each day. At Jangseungpo Terminal, take a bus headed for Okpo and get off at the DSME stop. From the bus stop to the shipyard, it takes about 7 minutes by taxi or 30 minutes on foot.
3370, Geoje-daero, Geoje-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
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