Ulsan City Establishes Smart Future Ship Research Hub for Shipbuilding and Marine Industry

On the 17th, 'Autonomous Ship Technology Development Project Integrated Task Force' Plaque Ceremony in Daejeon

Ulsan City Hall building.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan City will hold a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Integrated Project Group for the ‘Autonomous Ship Technology Development Project’ at 1:30 PM on the 17th in the large conference room on the 2nd floor of the Daejeon Ship and Offshore Plant Research Institute.

Attending the plaque unveiling ceremony, which will be attended by Jo Won-kyung, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of Ulsan City, are Kang Kyung-sung, Director General of Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Park Jun-young, Director General of Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Kim Bu-gi, Director of the Ship and Offshore Plant Research Institute, and Lee Hyung-chul, Chairman of the Korean Register.

This project, jointly promoted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, passed the preliminary feasibility study last October, with a total project cost of 160.3 billion KRW to develop and demonstrate 12 core technologies in 4 fields.

Ulsan City will invest 20.3 billion KRW to develop and test the autonomous navigation intelligent system, the core of this project, by constructing a performance demonstration center with a total floor area of 1,200㎡, consisting of one basement floor and three above-ground floors, in the Goneul district of Ilsan-dong, Dong-gu, by next year, and complete the demonstration and performance testing by 2025.

The main tasks of the Integrated Project Group include sharing and linking results among tasks, integrated management, building and managing outcome data, overseas technical cooperation, and operating a private committee, overseeing overall project management.

Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs Jo Won-kyung said, “Ulsan City has made great efforts to strengthen research capabilities and industrial competitiveness in next-generation ship and marine technologies such as eco-friendly, smart, and autonomous ships by establishing a regional shipbuilding industry base.” He added, “We will continue to lead the development of the shipbuilding and marine industry by collaborating with local industry, academia, and research institutes to discover future shipbuilding and marine industry projects and research and development projects.”

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