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Samsung Heavy Industries gains approval for hybrid shuttle tanker system
Samsung Heavy Industries received basic approval for a battery-based hybrid system for shuttle tankers.
The company announced the approval on October 14 at an offshore energy industry exhibition in Busan, South Korea.
It said DNV, a Norwegian classification society, granted the approval.
Shuttle tankers carry crude oil produced at offshore oil fields.
The system uses batteries and is designed to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
The announcement describes a basic approval, and gives no further details about deployment or next steps.
Samsung Heavy Industries said it received basic certification for a hybrid system for shuttle tankers.
The system uses batteries to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
The certification was from Norway’s classification society DNV.
The company announced the certification at the Offshore Korea 2026 exhibition in Busan.
Shuttle tankers transport crude oil produced at offshore oil fields.
- Who
- Samsung Heavy Industries received the certification from Norway’s classification society DNV.
- What
- Basic certification for a battery-powered hybrid system for shuttle tankers.
- When
- October 14, 2026.
- Where
- The announcement was made at BEXCO in Busan, during the Offshore Korea 2026 exhibition.
- Why
- The system uses batteries to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
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- Company
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- Certification
- Basic certification from DNV
- System
- Battery-powered hybrid system for shuttle tankers
- Exhibition
- Offshore Korea 2026, BEXCO, Busan
- Purpose
- Reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions
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