South Korean SMR-powered container ship design certified

South Korea's Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering has secured Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for a conceptual design of a 15,000 TEU container ship powered by two small modular molten salt reactors. The design optimises power distribution, hull efficiency, and safety systems to enable SMR propulsion in commercial maritime transport.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Maritime Tech and Clean Energy. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.