The Korean Register recently issued world’s first Cyber Security (CS Ready) class notation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
Namely, the presentation was held at KR’s Headquarters in Busan on 18 September.
What is more, Hyundai LNG Shipping (HLS, President & CEO, LEE Kyu-bong), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI, President & CEO, HAN Young-seuk) and, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE, CEO, KWON Oh-gap) were present at the ceremony.
KR granted the notation after completing successful document and field inspections, which included Kongsberg Maritime’s ship alarm and monitoring system (AMS) and Hyundai Global Service’s Integrated Smart ship Solution (ISS).
For the records, this is the first time the KR cyber security notation has been awarded to a very large LPG carrier, the notation is issued to newbuilding ships that have successfully passed 49 inspection items in a total of 12 categories, including risk and asset management, cyber incident response and recovery.
