Yara's Electric, Autonomous Container Ship Makes Maiden Voyage
November 19 2021 - 7:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara International ASA said Friday
that its electric, autonomous container ship has departed for its
maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord.
Yara Birkeland was developed in collaboration with Kongsberg
Gruppen ASA and will transport fertilizer from Yara's factory in
Porsgrunn, Norway, to the export port in Brevik, Norway, when it
goes into commercial operation from 2022.
"We are proud to be able to showcase the world's first fully
electric and self-propelled container ship. It will cut 1,000 tons
of carbon dioxide and replace 40,000 trips by diesel-powered trucks
a year," said Yara Chief Executive Svein Tore Holsether.
Yara said the vessel is now beginning a two-year testing period
of the technology that will make the ship self-propelled, and
finally certified as an autonomous, all-electric container
ship.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 19, 2021 06:52 ET (11:52 GMT)
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