HD Hyundai will showcase gas carrier technologies at Gastech 2026, the world’s largest gas exhibition, running from Monday through Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand.
Five affiliates — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Samho, HD Hyundai Marine Solution and HD Hyundai Electric — will operate a joint booth featuring liquefied natural gas carriers, floating storage and regasification units and liquefied carbon dioxide carriers.
The thirty-seventh edition is expected to draw about 1,000 companies and 50,000 visitors from around the world. HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering CEO Kim Hyung-kwan will attend, along with executives from sales, research and development and engineering to meet global shipping companies and classification societies.
HD Hyundai will hold 30 official events during the exhibition, including technology certifications and business agreements.
Lloyd’s Register will conduct a drawing appraisal of an LNG carrier that received approval in principle at last year’s Gastech. The vessel features crew accommodations at the bow to free up upper-deck space for more flexible placement of wind-assisted propulsion systems.
Other certifications will cover technologies including a new design for Type C liquefied gas tanks, liquefied carbon dioxide carriers and hybrid electric propulsion systems. An AI solution for optimizing LNG carrier engine operations will also undergo approval in principle and a product design assessment.
HD Hyundai will sign a memorandum of understanding with ABS and Siemens to develop digital twin technology for safety assessments of ammonia-fueled vessels and pursue new technology certification.
The company will also present its three-tank LNG containment system at a seminar hosted by French LNG containment technology company GTT. The system reduces the number of cargo tanks from four to three and is being applied to 177,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers for BW LNG in collaboration with GTT and DNV. The vessels are scheduled for delivery from the second half of 2028 through 2029.
“We have the shipbuilding technologies to respond flexibly to environmental regulations while improving operational efficiency,” an HD Hyundai official said. “We will continue investing in R&D to lead the carbon-neutral vessel market.”
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