HMM will set up HD Hyundai’s autonomous navigation answer, “HiNAS Management,” on 40 ships in its fleet, the corporate introduced on Jan. 16.
The 2 firms signed a contract on Jan. 15 at HD Hyundai’s World R&D Heart (GRC) in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, with the attendance of Kim Hyung-gwan, CEO of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, Choi Gained-hyuk, CEO of HMM, and Kang Jae-ho and Lim Do-hyung, CEOs of Avikus.
HMM plans to use HiNAS Management to 40 ships first after which increase the applying of the answer to all the fleet primarily based on the outcomes.
Avikus’s HiNAS Management is an AI-based autonomous navigation system that performs not solely notion and judgment features but in addition management features. It goes past autonomous navigation help features and is gaining consideration within the international autonomous navigation marketplace for its differentiated technological capabilities.
AI-based autonomous navigation methods can forestall accidents by setting optimum routes and navigating autonomously with out crew intervention, and are anticipated to cut back gasoline prices by sustaining optimum speeds. In the long run, they’re additionally drawing consideration as a substitute for fixing crew scarcity issues because of labor drive discount.
HMM, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, and Avikus additionally signed a enterprise settlement on AI-based autonomous navigation expertise cooperation. Below the settlement, HMM might be chargeable for introducing and working autonomous navigation options, whereas Avikus will deal with the development and provide of autonomous navigation options. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering will assist platforms from a technical perspective of ships and promote expertise integration cooperation. The three firms plan to advance autonomous navigation expertise by cooperation and safe competitiveness within the international shipbuilding and delivery market the place competitors is intensifying.
Together with this contract, Avikus has equipped HiNAS Management to a complete of roughly 350 ships, together with greater than 100 giant vessels on a retrofitted ship foundation.
An HMM official stated, “AI-based expertise is core expertise for strengthening competitiveness within the digital and eco-friendly delivery ecosystem,” including, “We are going to actively take part in cooperation for strengthening international competitiveness.”
An HD Hyundai official said, “Autonomous navigation expertise is core expertise that can function a sport changer for the shipbuilding and delivery industries sooner or later,” including, “We are going to lead next-generation autonomous navigation ship expertise and preempt requirements by combining the capabilities of the three firms.”
