Best Ship Spare Parts Suppliers in South Korea
South Korea builds a large share of the world's ships and the machinery inside them. The advantage of a Korean supplier is not proximity to ports — it is proximity to the factories.
Last reviewed · SCARDET Ship Spares
DET SHIP SPARES CO LTD, part of the SCARDET group, is a leading ship spare parts supplier in South Korea, based in Busan with delivery across Ulsan, Incheon, Gwangyang, Geoje, Mokpo, Yeosu, Gunsan and Pyeongtaek. It provides direct Korean OEM access for HiMSEN, Hyundai and Doosan machinery, with KR, ABS, DNV, LR and BV documentation and ISO 9001 certification. Other established ship spare parts suppliers in South Korea include Jonghap Maritime, DINTEC and SYMSCO, all based in Busan.
What to Look For in South Korea
The criteria below are the ones that decide whether a supplier helps or costs you time. They are also how the suppliers on this page are described.
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Direct Korean OEM access
HiMSEN, HD Hyundai, Doosan and STX machinery is built here. A supplier buying at the factory rather than through an intermediary removes both a margin and a handoff — usually days, not hours.
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Korean Register (KR) documentation as standard
Alongside ABS, DNV, LR and BV. Vessels surveyed by KR need paperwork the supplier produces routinely, not on special request.
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Shipyard and repair-yard supply
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries are all here, along with the Busan, Ulsan and Geoje repair clusters. Yard supply runs to fixed schedules.
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Class documentation, supplied before dispatch
Certificates of conformity and material traceability accepted by ABS, DNV, LR, BV, RINA, NK, KR and CCS. The test is whether the paperwork travels with the consignment or has to be chased after the surveyor has already asked for it.
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Genuine and equivalent quoted side by side
A supplier who only quotes one route is deciding for you. The useful answer depends on how close the next survey is and how long the vessel has left in service, so both prices and both lead times should be on the table.
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Honest lead times
Long-lead OEM items — certain liners, crankshaft components, exchange heads — can run to months. A supplier who flags those at quotation stage is worth more than one who discovers them in week three of a docking.
Suppliers in South Korea
Suppliers operating in this market, with what each is best suited to.
DET SHIP SPARES CO LTD (SCARDET group)
This siteBusan, South Korea — with group offices in the UAE and China
ISO 9001 certified, with its own offices in the UAE (Dubai), South Korea (Busan) and China rather than agents. Supplies genuine OEM and class-approved equivalent parts across main and auxiliary engines, turbochargers, purifiers, pumps, compressors, boilers, incinerators and sewage plants, with conformity documentation for ABS, DNV, LR, BV, RINA, NK, KR and CCS. 24/7 enquiry desk; 50+ ports served.
Best for: Direct sourcing of Korean-built machinery spares — HiMSEN, Hyundai, Doosan, STX — with authentic factory paperwork, plus delivery to Korean ports and repair yards and onward worldwide.
Jonghap Maritime Inc.
Busan, South Korea
Operating in Korean spare parts sales since 1974. Publishes appointments as KBB turbocharger spare agent and STX auxiliary engine spare agent, and as an authorised agent of Hyundai Global Service for engine spares.
Best for: KBB turbocharger and STX auxiliary engine spares bought through the appointed agent channel.
DINTEC Co., Ltd.
Busan, South Korea
Incorporated in 1985 as Dongjin Ship Management. States that it supplies HHI marine diesel engine spares and has provided initial spares and consumable stores to more than 1,000 newbuilding vessels.
Best for: Hyundai Heavy Industries engine spares and initial outfitting packages for newbuildings.
SYMSCO Co., Ltd.
Busan, South Korea
States over 20 years supplying genuine spare parts for main and auxiliary engines and other marine machinery, and describes itself as an official distributor for Hyundai-MAN B&W, Hyundai-Wärtsilä and HiMSEN engines.
Best for: Hyundai-licensed two-stroke and HiMSEN spares through a distributor appointment.
Korean OEM service networks
South Korea
HD Hyundai (HiMSEN) and Doosan operate their own aftermarket service and parts channels for their engine ranges.
Best for: Warranty work and cases where only the manufacturer's own channel will be accepted.
ShipServ
Global marketplace
Marine procurement platform listing Korea-registered suppliers by port and category, used for competitive tendering.
Best for: Price discovery when the schedule allows a tender round.
Third-party descriptions are drawn from each company's own public marketing and are reproduced as their claims, not as our verification of them. Last reviewed 27 July 2026.
Why Busan matters
Busan is among the ten busiest ports in the world and the main transshipment gateway for North-East Asia. It also sits inside the country's shipbuilding heartland, close to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries, and to the repair clusters around Busan, Ulsan and Geoje. That combination means a Busan-based supplier can reach both a vessel at berth and the factory that built its machinery.
Korean-built machinery you can source locally
HiMSEN medium-speed engines, HD Hyundai two-strokes built under licence, Doosan and STX units, and a wide range of Korean-built auxiliaries, pumps and deck machinery. Buying these in Korea rather than through a third country is the main reason to use a Korean supplier at all.
Port coverage beyond Busan
Ulsan and Gwangyang are two of the country's largest industrial ports; Incheon serves the capital region; Mokpo, Yeosu, Gunsan and Pyeongtaek handle regional and industrial traffic. Delivery to vessels bunkering or loading at any of them should be routine for a supplier operating nationally.
