Tag: Hyundai
Purus in for more midsize gas carriers
UK-based Purus Marine has expanded its fleet by ordering two additional medium-sized gas carriers from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. This move increases their fleet to a total of six vessels, each with a capacity of 45,000 cubic meters. The company initially ordered four of these ships in May 2023, with deliveries scheduled for 2025 and 2026.…
ABS and HD Hyundai Group Sign MOU to Advance Medium-Voltage Power Systems on Ships
ABS, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Co., Ltd. (HHI) signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the technical feasibility for medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) power systems on ships. The agreement opens the door to collaboration on design assessment, new technology qualification, and the development…
DNV issues GASA to HD Hyundai for ‘world-first’ hybrid super-strength support structure
DNV has presented HD Hyundai with a general approval for ship application (GASA) for a new high-strength composite hybrid support system for independent tanks on liquefied gas carriers. In a world-first, HD Hyundai’s concept is fabricated with a fusion of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) with a tensile strength ten times greater than steel, significantly enhancing…
HD Hyundai to develop large liquefied hydrogen carrier by 2030
HD Hyundai will develop a commercial large liquefied hydrogen carrier by 2030 in accordance with the hydrogen value chain cooperation with global leaders in the sector, the South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate said Wednesday. According to the announcement, HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding holdings company, HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, or HD KSOE, recently signed a memorandum…
MOL Teams up with Australian Energy Company Woodside, South Korean Shipbuilder HD KSOE and Shipping Firm Hyundai Glovis to Study Transport of Liquefied Hydrogen
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside), a major Australian energy company and shipbuilding and engineering company HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (HD KSOE) and shipping company Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Glovis), both of South Korea, to jointly study…
HD Hyundai Spearheads Eco-Friendly Shipbuilding Market
HD Hyundai CEO Kisun Chung is propelling the eco-friendly shipbuilding market forward, as evidenced by his recent participation in the naming ceremony of the world’s first methanol-powered container ship. HD Hyundai announced that CEO Chung attended the naming ceremony of the 2,100 TEU-class methanol-powered container ship, “Laura Maersk,” in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 14. Built…
KR approves LCO2 cargo tank design developed by Hyundai Mipo and HD KSOE
KR (Korean Register) has granted an Approval In Principle (AIP) for a liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) cargo tank design, developed by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), during GASTECH 2023, held in Singapore on 7 September. This AIP is the outcome of a successful collaborative joint project involving…
ABS Approves Pioneering Ammonia-based Ship HVAC Refrigeration System from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
(ULSAN, KOREA) ABS issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its new ammonia-based ship HVAC refrigeration system. HHI developed the system in response to shipowners’ requests for refrigeration of HVAC systems using ammonia, a more eco-friendly refrigerant with a zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) and a…
