Yara Birkeland, fully electric autonomous container ship, Yara International ASA, Oslo, Norway

The vessel “Yara Birkeland” will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. KongsberGruppen will integrate sensor, control, communication and electrical systems. Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA’s Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

Named “YARA Birkeland” after YARA’s founder, the famous scientist and innovator Kristian Birkeland, the vessel will be the world’s first fully electric container feeder. YARA’s new vessel will reduce NOx and CO2 emissions and improve road safety by removing up to 40,000 truck journeys in populated urban areas.

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Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA's Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

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“YARA Birkeland will set the benchmark for environmentally friendly shipping", says KONGSBERG CEO Geir Håøy. This will be the world’s very first autonomous, zero emissions ship

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The first commercial autonomous vessel in the world, and also the first commercial zero ballast vessel. A game changer for the environment and for the shipping industry.

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Model tank testing of the worlds first autonomous zero emission container feeder, the YARA Birkeland.

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Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA's Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

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The world’s first zero-emissions, autonomous ship. This is a game changer and a result of collaboration with Kongsberg, a global technology company, that will eventually change the world of maritime transport.

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Yara Birkeland will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container vessel with zero emissions.

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November 18th, Yara Birkeland took its first and only trip to Oslo before it is put into operation.

After departing Horten in the morning, Yara Birkeland arrived in Oslo in the early evening of November 18th for partners to experience the ship first-hand and learn more about the process behind this great achievement.

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