Avikus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, successfully completed a trans ocean voyage of a 180000 square meter super large liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship prism courage by using autonomous navigation technology It is said that this is the first time in the world. This voyage was completed by avikus in cooperation with SK shipping.
It is understood that the ship adopted avikus' two-level autonomous navigation solution hinas 2.0, and arrived at boryeong LNG terminal in Zhongqing South Road, South Korea, 33 days after departure from the free port on the south coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The ship cruised through the Panama Canal and traveled half of the 20000 kilometers using autonomous navigation technology.
Based on the integrated intelligent ship solution (ISS) of modern global services, hinas 2.0 navigation system is said to support the best route and speed.
The surrounding environment such as the weather and the wave height of nearby ships will be detected by the artificial intelligence of the system, which can help to control the steering command of ships in real time.
In addition to the primary identification and judgment functions, the secondary autonomous navigation technology can also control and operate the ship.
It is said that due to the autonomous operation on the best route, the fuel efficiency of prism courage has been improved by nearly 7% and its greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by about 5%.
In order to verify the performance and stability of this technology, this voyage was carried out under the real-time monitoring of American Bureau of shipping (ABS) and Korean Bureau of shipping (KR).
Avikus plans to commercialize hinas 2.0 technology this year after obtaining ABS certification for the results of self-propelled ocean voyage.
Avikus CEO do hyeong Lim said, "it makes sense that we have successfully tested the level 2 system to operate the ship beyond the level 1 technology and provide the best route."