Daewoo shipyard earns Lloyd's certification of high-level smart ship solution

By Lim Chang-won Posted : July 9, 2019, 10:57 Updated : July 9, 2019, 10:57

[Courtesy of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering]

SEOUL -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has earned high-level smart-ship cybersecurity certification from Lloyd's Register, a London-based organization which provides maritime classification, as South Korean shipbuilders work hard to develop smart ship technologies.

Lloyd's Register's descriptive note gives an accessibility level for autonomous/remote access for cyber-enabled systems. AL3 is defined as cyber access for autonomous/remote monitoring and control with onboard permission required.

DSME said Tuesday that it has obtained Digital AL3 SAFE SECURITY from Lloyd's Register. Cybersecurity technology is designed to protect data and software from outside threats, and the shipbuilder said its AL3 solution can support optimal operations and safety on sea and land and remotely monitor and control various systems.

Smart shipping can be divided into unmanned ships ruled by an operator from a control center onshore and autonomous ships which use a computer on board that takes decisions about the route, speed, fuel consumption, maintenance and even mooring in the harbor.

Smart ships are expected to revolutionize the landscape of ship design and operations. Along with efficiency in traffic, smart ships can minimize human errors that caused about 70 to 80 percent of marine accidents.

Environmental regulations imposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a U.N. maritime safety agency, will increase the preference for digital total solutions that support efficient navigation systems. IMO plans to adopt e-navigation after 2020.

Route sharing and data exchanging are key elements of e-navigation. South Korea hopes to host the maritime connectivity platform (MCP) consortium which also involves research bodies and government agencies in Denmark, Sweden, Britain and Germany to standardize a new digital communications platform for transmitting maritime safety and route data for e-navigation.

In June, Hyundai Global Service (HGS), a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, agreed with Inmarsat, a British satellite telecom company, to develop digital total solutions. Inmarsat offers mobile services via terminals which communicate with ground stations through geostationary telecom satellites.
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