Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Accomplished the Original Technical Development of Cargo Hold of a Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is leading the way with its original technology of liquefied hydrogen cargo hold (storage tank) to develop a large liquefied hydrogen carrier.

On October 21, 2021, SHI announced that they acquired the Approval In Principle (AIP) upon the "Conceptual Design of a Membrane-type Liquefied Hydrogen Storage Tank and 160,000 CBM Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier" by Lloyd's Register Co., Ltd. (LR), the United Kingdom, for the first time in the shipbuilding industry.

This membrane-type liquefied hydrogen cargo hold, which was independently developed by SHI, creates an insulation space inside the hull, safely storing hydrogens liquefied at -253℃. Because its spatial utilization is highly graded, it is cheaper than an additional independent cargo hold and advantageous for enlargement plans.

As SHI developed the world's first membrane-type liquefied hydrogen cargo hold with their original technologies in the industry, they plan to remain the leader in the future development competition for the enlargement of hydrogen carriers.

SHI especially looks forward to seeing that their original technology will become the opportunity to overcome the boundary of dependence on foreign companies' technologies, unlike the cargo hold of LNG carriers.