HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean to showcase next-gen gas tech in Bangkok

HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean will showcase next-generation gas-shipping and floating data center technologies at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok this week. HD Hyundai affiliates will display LNG carrier, FSRU and liquefied carbon dioxide carrier models, while Hanwha Ocean will unveil its 60-megawatt floating data center to global customers for the first time. Both companies are highlighting cleaner shipping and AI-linked offshore infrastructure.

Gastech 2026 runs Monday through Thursday in Bangkok and is expected to draw more than 50,000 visitors and about 1,000 companies.

Five HD Hyundai affiliates will participate: HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Samho, HD Hyundai Marine Solution and HD Hyundai Electric.

HD Hyundai will receive design appraisal from Lloyd’s Register for a next-generation LNG carrier with an accommodation block at the bow and multiple wind-assisted propulsion systems.

Hanwha Ocean said its 60-megawatt floating data center can generate its own power offshore and use seawater-based cooling, and it has approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping.

Hanwha Ocean will also display a 174,000-cubic-meter carbon-free LNG carrier powered by an ammonia gas turbine-based electric propulsion system that is being developed to use no pilot oil, including during ignition.

Published Sep 13, 2026 3:14 pm KST

Shipbuilders highlight LNG, CO2 carrier technologies, floating data center at Gastech 2026

A rendering of HD Hyundai’s booth at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok / Courtesy of HD Hyundai

HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean are set to showcase next-generation gas-shipping and floating data center technologies at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok this week, as shipbuilders expand into cleaner shipping and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy infrastructure.

Gastech, which runs Monday through Thursday, is the world's largest gas and energy exhibition with more than 50,000 visitors and about 1,000 companies expected to attend this year.

Five HD Hyundai affiliates — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Samho, HD Hyundai Marine Solution and HD Hyundai Electric — will participate, displaying models of next-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, floating storage and regasification units and liquefied carbon dioxide carriers.

HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering President Kim Hyung-kwan will join senior executives from sales, research and development, and engineering to highlight the group's green technologies and outline its vision for the future of shipbuilding and shipping.

The group is set to receive design appraisal from Lloyd's Register, a global classification society, for a next-generation LNG carrier featuring an accommodation block at the bow and multiple wind-assisted propulsion systems.

It will also receive approval-in-principle certifications for three technologies: a design that can replace the minimum pressure requirements for C-type liquefied-gas tanks, a 35,000-cubic-meter liquefied carbon dioxide carrier and a hybrid electric propulsion system for a 185,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier.

The company will also present an AI solution designed to optimize engine operations on LNG carriers, for which it will receive both approval-in-principle certification and product design assessment.

A model of Hanwha Ocean's floating data center / Courtesy of Hanwha Ocean

Meanwhile, Hanwha Ocean will unveil a model of its self-developed 60-megawatt floating data center to global customers for the first time, as it seeks to tap rising demand for AI infrastructure.

The company said the data center can generate its own power offshore and improve energy efficiency through seawater-based cooling, while its modular design allows its power generation and supply systems, server types and capacity to be tailored to customers and installation environments.

It has also received approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for its 60- megawatt floating data center concept design.

Hanwha Ocean will also display a model of a 174,000-cubic-meter carbon-free LNG carrier powered by an ammonia gas turbine-based electric propulsion system. The vessel is being developed with a goal of using no pilot oil, including during ignition.

“Gastech 2026 is a meaningful stage where Hanwha Ocean will introduce the floating data center, which it has prepared as a new future business, to the global market for the first time,” said Shon Young-chang, head of Hanwha Ocean's Product and Strategy Technology Institute.

“We will present a new solution that complements the limitations of land-based data centers by combining our accumulated technologies in shipbuilding and offshore industries with Hanwha Group's energy and data capabilities, and lead the global FDC market.”

HD Hyundai 和 Hanwha Ocean 将于本周在曼谷举行的 Gastech 2026 展会上展示新一代天然气运输和浮式数据中心技术。HD Hyundai 旗下公司将展出液化天然气 (LNG) 运输船、浮式储存再气化装置 (FSRU) 和液化二氧化碳 (LCC) 运输船模型，而 Hanwha Ocean 将首次向全球客户展示其 60 兆瓦的浮式数据中心。两家公司均着重强调了更清洁的航运和人工智能 (AI) 相关的海上基础设施。

Gastech 2026 于周一至周四在曼谷举行，预计将吸引超过 5 万名参观者和约 1000 家公司参展。

五家HD Hyundai关联公司将参与：HD韩国造船与海洋工程公司、HD现代重工、HD现代三湖工业公司、HD现代海洋解决方案公司和HD现代电气公司。

HD Hyundai 将获得劳氏船级社对其下一代 LNG 运输船的设计评估，该运输船在船首设有住宿舱，并配备多个风力辅助推进系统。

韩华海洋表示，其60兆瓦的漂浮式数据中心可以在海上自行发电，并使用海水冷却，并且已获得美国船级社的原则性批准。

韩华海洋还将展示一艘 174,000 立方米的无碳 LNG 运输船，该船采用氨燃气轮机电力推进系统，该系统正在开发中，无需使用引燃油，包括点火期间。

发布于2026年9月13日下午3:14（韩国标准时间）

造船企业在2026年Gastech展会上重点展示液化天然气、二氧化碳运输技术和浮式数据中心。

HD Hyundai在2026年曼谷Gastech展会的展位效果图 / 图片由HD Hyundai提供

HD Hyundai 和 Hanwha Ocean 将于本周在曼谷举行的 Gastech 2026 展会上展示下一代天然气运输和浮式数据中心技术，造船商正向更清洁的航运和人工智能 (AI) 驱动的能源基础设施领域扩张。

Gastech展会从周一至周四举行，是全​​球最大的天然气和能源展览会，预计今年将有超过5万名参观者和约1000家公司参展。

HD Hyundai旗下五家子公司——HD韩国造船与海洋工程公司、HD现代重工、HD现代三湖造船公司、HD现代海洋解决方案公司和HD现代电气公司——将参展，展示下一代液化天然气（LNG）运输船、浮式储存再气化装置和液化二氧化碳运输船的模型。

HD Hyundai 董事长郑基宣和 HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering 总裁金亨宽将与销售、研发和工程部门的高级管理人员一起，重点介绍该集团的绿色技术，并概述其对造船和航运未来的愿景。

该集团计划从全球船级社劳氏船级社获得下一代液化天然气运输船的设计评估，该运输船的船首设有住宿舱段，并配备多个风力辅助推进系统。

它还将获得三项技术的原则性批准认证：一种可以替代 C 型液化气罐最低压力要求的设计、一艘 35,000 立方米的液化二氧化碳运输船以及一艘 185,000 立方米液化天然气运输船的混合动力推进系统。

该公司还将展示一项旨在优化液化天然气运输船发动机运行的人工智能解决方案，该方案将获得原则性批准认证和产品设计评估。

韩华海洋公司漂浮式数据中心模型 / 图片由韩华海洋公司提供

与此同时，韩华海洋将首次向全球客户展示其自主研发的 60 兆瓦漂浮式数据中心模型，以期满足日益增长的人工智能基础设施需求。

该公司表示，该数据中心可以自行在海上发电，并通过海水冷却提高能源效率，其模块化设计使其发电和供电系统、服务器类型和容量可以根据客户和安装环境进行定制。

该公司的 60 兆瓦浮动数据中心概念设计也已获得美国船级社的原则性批准。

韩华海洋还将展出一艘17.4万立方米的无碳LNG运输船模型，该船采用氨燃气轮机电力推进系统。该船的研发目标是在点火过程中完全不使用引燃油。

“Gastech 2026 是一个意义重大的舞台，韩华海洋将首次向全球市场推出其为未来新业务而准备的漂浮式数据中心，”韩华海洋产品与战略技术研究院院长孙永昌表示。

“我们将结合我们在造船和海上工业领域积累的技术与韩华集团的能源和数据能力，提出一种新的解决方案，以弥补陆基数据中心的局限性，并引领全球FDC市场。”