IHI has been the leader in the field of building large-size tankers and has been playing an important role in rationalizing ocean transport, and now IHI, as the world's leading builder of large-size double hull tankers and containerships of the new generation, continues to offer new ideas and concepts in ship designs.
In the shipbuilding field, IHI's technological innovation includes a long list of achievements such as: LNG ships based on the uniquely developed SPB tank system; F-series ships that introduced a new construction method to the world through the application of the series production concept for the standardized design ships; energy-saving technology represented by development of contra-rotating propellers; and super high-speed ferries having a super slender hull form.