Hanwha Ocean employees watch vessel data in real time at the Hanwha SmartShip Solution & Service land control center (Courtesy of Hanwha)
Hanwha Ocean Co., the third-largest shipbuilder in South Korea, said on Friday that it has won approval in-principle (AIP) certificate from Korean Register (KR), a member of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), on its smart lighting control system for reduction of a vessel’s carbon footprint.
The shipbuilder plans to link the system to Hanwha SmartShip Solution & Service (HS4), its smart ship platform that provides real-time data of a vessel on the sea to a control tower on land.
The technology can automatically adjust lighting levels in each area of a vessel, detect alarms that sound when the light is out of order and record the information.
The shipbuilding unit of Hanwha Group said the smart system can reduce the annual carbon emission of a 174,000-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier by a maximum of 45%.
Its lighting optimization function can decrease fuel and power consumption by up to 44% and increase the lifespan of lighting by 48%, Hanwha Ocean added.
“It is meaningful that Hanwha Ocean has become the first Korean shipbuilder that has secured an eco-friendly technology for vessel lighting,” said an official of the company. “We will actively develop environmentally friendly products and technologies to meet our clients’ needs,” the official added.
Hanwha Ocean has accelerated advancing the smart lighting control system since it partnered with Korean vessel component manufacturer Daeyang Electric Co. and KR in February for joint development of the technology.
By Woo-Sub Kim
duter@hankyung.com
Jihyun Kim edited this article.
