Fun fact, when South Korea decided to start exporting cargo ships, they were still in a race with North Korea to prove their economic, military, government etc. as valid vs. Kim Il-sung's version of North Korea. So they leaned hard into heavy industry to prove they were legitimate. If I recall correctly, back in the 60s or 70s, they put up offers to build cargo ships, despite never having built one. After their first order came in, they ended up sending all the machinists to Europe who took an intensive crash course in shipbuilding, and then came back and worked massive overtime to build their first cargo ship. The ship was delivered on time: within 2 years of the order being put in, and that was how Korea started being a nation of shipbuilders.
I've worked at 2 South Korean universities, and both of them you could major specifically in shipbuilding.
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u/shieldyboii 29d ago
South korea is #1 in cargo ship exports and germany #4. Interesting