The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Samsung Heavy Industries: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Samsung heavy Industries (KRX: 010140) is a Korean shipbuilding and offshore engineering company. Developing autonomous ships, automated shipyard robotics, and offshore wind installation vessels. Part of Samsung Group.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
HQ
Stage
Autonomy
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Samsung Heavy Industries has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
Most recent
Samsung Heavy Industries on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Sungan Choi CEO and Vice Chairmansecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Samsung Heavy Industries.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Samsung Heavy Industries in third-party press
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Samsung Heavy Industries has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Samsung Heavy Industries.Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Samsung Heavy Industries from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Samsung Heavy Industries Books $226M VLGC Pair Order
Samsung Heavy Industries has signed a $226 million (KRW 307.4 billion) contract to build two very large gas carriers (VLGCs) for an undisclosed shipowner in Bermuda, according to…
Naming ceremony held for new LNG carrier built by Samsung Heavy Industries
A naming ceremony has been held in South Korea for a new LNG carrier […] The post Naming ceremony held for new LNG carrier built by Samsung Heavy Industries appeared first on…
Scottish firm strengthens VLGC foothold with four-vessel Korean shipbuilding deal
Babcock LGE, a Rosyth-based marine engineering business within Babcock International, has won a new assignment with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) that covers four…
Saronic and Samsung Heavy Industries forge U.S. shipbuilding alliance focused on autonomous vessels, AI and industrial capacity
Saronic and Samsung Heavy Industries have formed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding U.S. shipbuilding capacity and accelerating development of autonomy-capable maritime…
Saronic, Samsung Heavy Industries Collaborate on Autonomous Marine Systems
Saronic and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of autonomy-capable maritime systems and technologies to strengthen…
Boats and bots - Korea JoongAng Daily
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Samsung Heavy Industries Partners with Orca AI to Advance Next-Generation Autonomous Vessel Technologies - imarinenews.com
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Orca AI and Samsung Heavy team up to speed autonomous shipping push - Splash247
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Orca AI, Samsung Heavy Industries Join Forces to Advance Autonomous Vessel Technology - Marine News Magazine
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Samsung and Orca AI move autonomous navigation systems into newbuildings - TradeWinds News
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Samsung Heavy Industries Launches Industry-First Fully Automated Pipe Spool Fabrication Facility to Advance Smart Shipyard Initiative - imarinenews.com
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Samsung Heavy boasts world shipbuilding first amid smart yard push - TradeWinds News
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/samsung-heavy.md
- RSS feed: /companies/samsung-heavy/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ed4e4bc1-7fd2-4a68-9cad-c2138fb15ab7
- Revision history: /companies/samsung-heavy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Samsung Heavy Industries draws attention at the 47th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among maritime robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 7, 2026