HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company for the shipbuilding institutional sector of HD Hyundai, said on the 18th that it held a workshop over two days starting on the 17th at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, to present research results from the "MIT maritime consortium." The consortium launched in Mar. this year with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Greek shipping company Capital, and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) aiming for technological innovation and global decarbonization.
At this event presenting first-year research, topics included AI-based autonomous navigation solutions, cybersecurity solutions, advancement of SMR-powered ship development, and manufacturing technologies based on 3D printing.
The consortium decided to select a ship to be equipped with HD Hyundai affiliate Avikus' "HiNAS Control," an autonomous navigation solution, to verify its fuel-saving effect. It also completed development of a prototype AI model for detecting cyber threats and took part in MIT's production of the "Nuclear Ship Safety Handbook."
It also discussed a technology development roadmap for the consortium over the next three years and the core future technologies of the maritime industry after 2030.
Temis Sapsis, director of the MIT Center for Ocean Engineering, said, "The structural changes taking place in the maritime industry are not problems that any single corporations or institution can solve alone," adding, "As cooperation is needed across engineering as a whole, AI technology, and tightening regulations, MIT will also focus its capabilities to deliver meaningful results."
Jang Gwang-pil, head of the Future Technology Research Institute at HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, said, "We will devote more effort to research and development on consortium projects, including establishing standards to verify the fuel-saving effect of AI-integrated autonomous navigation solutions."