OTC 2024: Autonomous technologies receive AiP from ABS
May 7, 2024
ABS awarded approval in principle (AiP) to two autonomous functions on a proposed offshore platform in the latest phase of its collaboration with HD Hyundai Group.
HOUSTON — At the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, ABS awarded approval in principle (AiP) to two autonomous functions on a proposed offshore platform in the latest phase of its collaboration with HD Hyundai Group.
The artificial intelligence-based Autonomous Machinery Health Management Function (HiCBM) and the Autonomous Safety Management Function (HiCAMS) both received ABS product design assessments for ships throughout 2022 and 2023. Now ABS is supporting their application to the offshore industry.
ABS and HD Hyundai Group aim to expand the development of autonomous ship technology into critical offshore platform machinery and safety systems.
This award follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding to work together on autonomous projects, which built upon a previous strategic framework agreement where ABS worked with both KSOE and HD Hyundai subsidiary Avikus. The partners' achievements included the Prism Courage LNG carrier sailing in autonomous mode, under direct supervision, for about half of its voyage across the Pacific Ocean.
