Hanjin


The Hanjin Group is a South Korean chaebol. The group has various industries covered from transportation and airlines to hotels, tourism, and airport businesses, and is one of the largest chaebols in Korea. The group includes Korean Air, which was acquired by the founder Cho Choong-hoon in 1969, and was the owner of Hanjin Shipping before its bankruptcy. In 2013, Hanjin Group officially switched from cross ownership to a holding company structure with the establishment of Hanjin KAL Corporation. The group is controlled by descendants of Cho Choong-hoon, and many construction chaebols are the major shareholders of Hanjin KAL.
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History

Hanjin started at the end of World War II, in November 1945. Early on, its biggest customer was the U.S. Army, providing the transportation of material to both Korea and Vietnam. The company signed a major contract with the US 8th Army in November 1956, and another contract in March 1966, with all of the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force with cumulative profits reaching at the $150 million mark over a 5-year period . In November 1969, Hanjin made its entry into the containerized shipping business signing a deal with Sea-Land Service, Inc. Hanjin during that same time period had taken over the "loss-making" state-owned Korean Air Corporation. In September 1970, the company opened its first container yard at the port of Busan.
The late 1970s saw a major push into the Middle East with contracts signed to Kuwait at the port of Shuwaik, Saudi Arabia at the port of Dammam, and at the port of Jeddah.
In March 1990, Hanjin branched out into trucking and warehousing with the purchase of Korea Freight Transport Company. In June 1992, Hanjin Express was introduced to deliver small packages and provide courier service. The company started to load and unload cargo at the ports of Long Beach and Seattle with the joint venture Total Terminals International LLC., in August 1992. In January 1993, they initiated container rail service between Busan and Uiwang. In May 1995, Hanjin hauled grain to North Korea. The Hanjin-Senator once was the seventh largest container transportation and shipping company in the world.
After Hanjin's founder, Cho Choong-hoon, died in 2002, his eldest son, Cho Yang-ho, inherited KAL, when his third son, Cho Soo-ho, was handed Hanjin Shipping. Cho Soo-ho died from lung cancer in 2006 and his widow, Choi Eun-young, became the chairwoman of Hanjin Shipping in the following year. KAL acquired 33.2 percent of Hanjin Shipping in June 2014.
On 31 August 2016, Hanjin Shipping filed for bankruptcy. Hanjin Shipping's creditors withdrew their support after deeming a funding plan by parent company Hanjin inadequate.

Affiliates

Hanjin Group manages the basis of its holding company Hanjin-KAL which was established in August 2013.

Aviation

Foreign Corporation

Ground Transportation

  • Hanjin Busan Newport Co.
  • Hanjin Incheon Container Terminal Co, Ltd
  • Hanjin Transportation Co, Ltd
  • Seoul Integrated Freight Terminal

Information Services

  • CyberSky
  • Global Logistics System Korea
  • Hanjin Information Systems & Telecommunication
  • TOPAS

Nonprofit Corporations

Tourism·Hotel·Leisure·Real Estate

  • Air Total Service
  • Hanjin Travel
  • Jungseok Enterprise Co., Ltd
  • KAL Hotel Network
  • Wangsan Marina

Executive Leadership of Hanjin Group

Pre-Incorporation Period

  • Cho Joong-hoon

Post-Incorporation Period

Chairman & CEO

Vice Chairman

President & CEO

  • Cho Joong-hoon
  • Jeon Yoon-jin
  • Kim Hyung-bae
  • Kim Geon-bae & Heo Gi
  • Hwang Chang-hak
  • Lee Tae-won
  • Kim In-jin
  • Lee Won-young
  • Seo Yong-won

President

Executive Vice President

  • Seok Tae-soo

Managing Director

  • Seok Tae-soo

Other subsidiaries

  • Homeo Therapy
  • Uniconverse Co., Ltd