South Korean shipbuilding company HD Hyundai has A new 13,000-euro container ship has been delivered to France's CMA CGM TEU, which is defined as the first in the world not to require the container lashing and unlashing operations. The ship, in fact, it has been equipped with "Lashing-Free" technology by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries eliminating the need the intervention of operators for manual fixing and unlocking containers. The new technology has not been applied on all the loading spaces of the containers of the ship.

On ships, containers in the holds are normally placed in the cell guides, vertical steel guides, while on the bridge the containers are fixed to those below by means of twistlocks. The Conventional cargo hold covers prevent the Guides cells from reach the area above the bridge and, to overcome this obstruction, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has designed a mobile platform that can be installed between the vertical guides that has the dimensions of a 40-foot container, allowing it to be handling by means of the same port cranes used for the loading and unloading of containers. In addition, the South Korean company has developed a "Twistlock Rooting System" that fixes to the structure of the ship containers stowed outside the area of the cell guides.

HD Hyundai highlighted that the Lashing-Free system allows to carry more than 10% more load on deck compared to conventional ships of the same type, and guarantees Stable container support even in sea conditions rough and strong winds, helping to prevent the loss of cargo operations, improve maritime safety and reduce the risk of marine pollution. In addition, HD Hyundai pointed out that the sea trials carried out in September also showed high levels of lower vibration rates than ships equipped with lower vibration systems with hatch covers and lashing bridges.