Samsung Heavy Industries has opened a shore-based remote operation center inside the Taipei headquarters of Evergreen Group, strengthening cooperation between the two companies on digitally managed ship operations.

The Samsung Remote Operation Center functions as a land-based control room where teams track vessel data and onboard equipment status in real time. According to Samsung Heavy Industries, the center is intended to support more efficient inspection and maintenance of shipboard systems. Evergreen plans to gradually increase the number of vessels connected to the facility.

Samsung Heavy Industries said this is the first remote operation center created through a collaboration between a shipbuilder and a shipping company, and reflects the long-term working relationship between the two firms.

Earlier this year, the shipyard tested its remote monitoring and autonomous navigation technologies by installing automation systems on Evergreen container ships operating on a route of about 10,000 km linking Oakland in California with Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The two companies have also agreed to expand their work on remote inspection technologies and to prepare for the future operation of remotely controlled autonomous vessels.

Choi Jong-woong, head of the autonomous navigation center at Samsung Heavy Industries, said the new center is expected to support safe ship operations and emergency response as vessels undergo digital transformation. He added that Samsung Heavy Industries sees potential for the Korean shipbuilding sector to play a leading role in autonomous navigation technologies and in shaping related global standards.