Major shipbuilding and engineering firm HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) shared its ship operation and carbon reduction technologies with global shipbuilders and maritime experts from around the world at a forum held here from Wednesday to Thursday.
HD KSOE, a subholding company of HD Hyundai, hosted the MIT Maritime Consortium Workshop 2025 at the conglomerate’s research center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. HK KSOE is a member of the consortium.
Organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Greek ship operator Capital and the American Bureau of Shipping, and attended by representatives of consortium member firms and maritime researchers, the forum showcased breakthrough technologies developed by participating entities over the past year.
The new technologies focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-based autonomous ship operations, cybersecurity solutions, advances in ships powered by small modular reactors and 3D printing technologies for shipbuilding.
Conclusions drawn from the forum included designating vessels for the implementation of HiNAS Control, an autonomous ship operation solution developed by HD Hyundai subsidiary Avikus, to assess how the system can help reduce ships’ carbon emissions.
The forum also highlighted that the consortium has jointly developed a prototype AI model to prevent cyberthreats and contributed to the development of MIT’s Nuclear Ship Safety Handbook, which was published in October.
During the forum, the consortium shared a technology development road map for the next three years. Key areas and technologies marked for further advancement include carbon neutrality, fuel efficiency standardization, digital transformation and cyberthreat response.
“The company will keep investing in the consortium’s research goals, including introducing global standards to ascertain the fuel reduction effect of AI-guided autonomous ship operation solution technologies,” said Chang Kwang-pil, senior executive vice president of HD KSOE.
HD Hyundai has been broadening its partnerships with global universities. In July 2024, the group signed memorandums of understanding with the University of Michigan and Seoul National University to help train workers for the global shipbuilding industry.
Source: HD Hyundai
