Kongsberg/Yara ship innovation

摘要

Chemical fertiliser shipper Yara is teaming up with fellow Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime to develop what is claimed to be the world's first autonomous, fully battery electric and ballast-free container ship. Yara exports around 20,000 containers a year, and the scheme is thus aimed at eliminating 40,000 truck journeys annually. Instead, containers will be delivered coastwise by the 120 TEU-capacity yara birkeland from Yara's production plant in Porsgrunn to Brevik (11 km by road) and/or Larvik (30 km) for transhipment to feeder and shortsea vessels.