Yara International has announced that the world’s first electric and self-propelled container ship, Yara Birkeland, has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord.
“We are proud to be able to showcase the world’s first fully electric and self-propelled container ship. It will cut 1,000 tonnes of CO2 and replace 40,000 trips by diesel-powered trucks a year,” said Svein Tore Holsether, CEO of Yara.
Yara Birkeland has been developed in collaboration with the Kongsberg Group. The ship was built...
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