Establishment of an Advanced Technology Demonstration Hub for the Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry in Ulsan

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-Im), Ulsan Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Doo-Gyeom), and the Ulsan Information Industry Promotion Agency (Director Jang Byeong-Tae) announced that they held the opening ceremony for the ‘Integrated Ship Data Centre’ in Goneul District, Dong-gu, Ulsan, on the 27th.

The Integrated Ship Data Centre was established as a key hub for the ‘AI-Based Ship Logistics Platform and Navigation System Demonstration Project’, led by the Ministry of Science and ICT. This project aims to promote the localisation of navigation and communication equipment and develop an Integrated Navigation System (INS) in preparation for the intelligent and autonomous shipping market within the shipbuilding and maritime industries.

The Ulsan City government invested 4 billion KRW into the Integrated Ship Data Centre, a four-storey building with a total floor area of 853㎡. The centre will play a key role in collecting and analysing real-time ship operations and maritime logistics data. It will also serve as a hub for logistics, ship and operational monitoring, quality testing of shipbuilding software, digital transformation education for the shipbuilding and maritime industries, and support for local shipbuilding software companies.