STX Corporation (

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engaged in the provision of trading services. Headquartered in Gyeongsangnamdo,

, the company operates its business through two divisions: trade and ship maintenance. Its trade business division provides

shipping Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting Commodity, commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it h ...

and energy materials such as coal, oil, steel and others. Its ship maintenance business offers cargo management, marine technical, insurance, crew management and other related services. The company had five local subsidiaries including STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, STX Engine, STX Heavy Industries, STX PanOcean and STX Energy. STX Offshore & Shipbuilding was the world's fourth largest

shipbuilder Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befor ...

and in 2008 acquired Norwegian shipbuilder

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, in order to diversify their product line.

STX business areas

* Trading business

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