South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai has partnered with a global leader in maritime classification and registration to develop a new vessel structure that will eliminate vessel blind spots, The Korea Herald reported on Tuesday.
HD Hyundai signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Bureau of Shipping and the Liberian Bureau of Shipping to develop AI technology at Posidonia 2024, one of the world’s largest maritime exhibitions, held in Athens, Greece this week. Around 2,000 companies from 77 countries are attending this year’s event.
The new hull structure being developed by HD Hyundai will be equipped with a system that captures images of blind spots inside the vessel and visualizes them with AI technology, which the shipbuilder says will allow for more cargo to be carried regardless of cockpit height, maximizing efficiency.
Under the MOU, ABSC and the Liberian Registry will jointly draft regulatory amendments to accommodate the new hull structure HD Hyundai plans to build. HD Hyundai said it expects to gain an advantage in the field of AI-based shipbuilding and the commercialization of new technologies.
HD Hyundai set up a booth at the exhibition and displayed miniatures of a methanol dual-fuel super crude oil tanker, a container ship and a futuristic liquefied natural gas tanker, as well as the shipbuilder’s next-generation low-carbon fuel technology.
HD Hyundai announced that it plans to obtain a series of in-principle approvals at this year’s Posidonia for an ammonia-fueled carrier that applies a zero-carbon propulsion system, and for petrochemical carriers and containers equipped with AI safety package technology.
