The final design of is what is looking to become the world's first autonomous and zero emission containership was released Friday in Trondheim, Norway. Norwegian fertilizer producer announced the first-of-its-kind vessel in May in partnership with maritime technology company Kongsberg. The planned fully-electric and autonomous container feeder ship, to be named YARA … [Read more...]
First Zero-Emission, Fully-Autonomous Container Ship Planned for 2020
Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara and maritime technology firm Kongsberg Gruppe are teaming up to build what they say will be the world's first fully-electric and autonomous container feeder ship. "The new zero-emission vessel will be a game-changer for global maritime transport contributing to meet the United Nations sustainability goals," the companies said on … [Read more...]