S&SYS sheds Samsung label, wins Hanwha Ocean LNG orders, challenges European dominance in Shipbuilding News 22/06/2026 On the 16th, at the S&SYS factory in the Noksan Industrial Complex in Gangseo District, Busan. In the third-floor inspection room, the “brains” to be mounted on 14 ships, including Samsung Heavy Industries’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, were undergoing pre-shipment tests. Inside more than 100 steel cabinets as tall as a person, industrial computers, control cards, and communication modules were stacked layer by layer. When several of these cabinets are bundled as one set and installed throughout a ship, they operate as the voyage control system. With a single monitor, crew members can monitor and control key equipment at a glance, including the engine, LNG cargo tanks, and gas supply units. Because the system handles highly explosive, cryogenic LNG alongside gas equipment, integrated control technology is directly tied to navigation safety. This is why shipowners visit here to check whether control commands operate as designed. S&SYS is the only company in Korea that independently developed an advanced voyage control system and supplies it to shipowners around the world. The voyage control system, for which ship-specific, customized algorithm design is essential, has become the company’s core revenue source. One floor below, switchboards, the ship’s “power heart,” were being built. A switchboard distributes electricity supplied to a ship to locations such as the engine room and cargo tanks, and it is a flagship item that accounts for about 60% of S&SYS’ sales. On site that day, more than 40 power distribution units destined for LNG carriers for a Qatar project were lined up for high-voltage testing. LNG carriers use more power and have higher safety standards than general merchant ships, making switchboard reliability especially important. S&SYS this month won orders for switchboards to be installed on seven LNG carriers