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Hyundai Heavy creates chief artificial intelligence officer position

Hyundai Heavy Industries has created the position of chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) in another marker about how South Korea’s largest shipbuilder sees the future of shipping.

The group is the first in the Korean shipping industry to name a CAIO and follows on from multiple high-tech initiatives the group is pursuing, most notably Avikus, an AI-enabled navigation system, which has already had extensive trials at sea. Other AI systems developed by HHI include a fire monitoring system and a whole new ship operating system which it claims could save fuel costs by over 10%. It has also laid out plans to develop a so-called smart shipyard by 2030.

HHI will be exhibiting at Las Vegas at CES, a high profile tech event, where it will be highlighting how it sees ocean shipping transforming in the coming years.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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