HHI successfully tests thruster

Hyundai Heavy Industry?s (HHI) Engine & Machinery Division recently successfully completed operational tests for a side thruster with a capacity of 2,000kW. The side thruster will be installed in a 145,000m3 LNG carrier for Korea Line Corporation currently being constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

Successful performance in the test was significant since it was the first side thruster built by HHI. The test was performed in the presence of the ship owner and classification society.

The Engine & Machinery Division accomplished the development of a side thruster using its own in-house technology in 2005. After production of a prototype, it successfully passed various test such as propeller pitch capability and rotation. Currently, HHI has a backlog for about 30 side thrusters.