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| Executives from HD Hyundai and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) pose after signing a memorandum of understanding regarding their cooperation on autonomous ship technology, Friday (local time), on the sidelines of the CES 2023 in Las Vegas. From left are ABS CEO Christopher Wiernicki, ABS Senior Vice President Patrick Ryan, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Senior Executive Vice President Kim Sung-joon, HD Hyundai President Chung Ki-sun and Hyundai Heavy Industries Senior Executive Vice President Jeon Seung-ho. Courtesy of HD Hyundai |
By Park Jae-hyuk
LAS VEGAS ― Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an HD Hyundai subsidiary supervising its three shipbuilding affiliates, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Friday (local time), to develop automatic engines and safety control systems for unmanned vessels.
The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Through the MOU, both companies will test HD Hyundai's HiCBM and HiCAMS systems on a real ship by 2024. The artificial intelligence-based systems enable ships to diagnose automatically their key functions and deal with unexpected accidents such as fire or other issues.
Last September, KSOE received approvals in principle (AIPs) for the two systems from ABS. Avikus, an HD Hyundai subsidiary specializing in self-navigating technologies, also installed its automatic navigation systems in a large commercial vessel and succeeded in the world's first autonomous transoceanic voyage last June.
If KSOE and ABS successfully finish testing the HiCBM and HiCAMS systems, then the development of the world's first unmanned commercial vessel is more likely to occur, according to HD Hyundai.
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