This visit was arranged after Ambassador Goldberg expressed his desire to tour HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's number one shipbuilder and a leading company in the domestic naval sector, and discuss ways to enhance mutual cooperation. The delegation inspected HD HHI's merchant ship construction site before moving to the naval and special shipyard, where they toured next-generation Aegis destroyers, state-of-the-art patrol ships under construction, docks, and maintenance and repair facilities. With the U.S. considering the possibility of outsourcing some of its naval MRO work overseas, recent visits by high-level U.S. officials to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries have significantly boosted the potential for collaboration with the U.S. Navy.