Thursday, May 28, 2020

A Look At Yara's Autonomous Electric Container Ship

Following up on May 14's "Development of First Fully Autonomous Ship, Yara Birkeland, Put on Hold Due To Coronavirus" we don't want to leave the impression that the history-making vessel is not going to happen, it has happened, at least to the fitting-out stage.
From Yara's Yara Birkeland press kit:

Yara Birkeland status
The hull of the Yara Birkeland vessel was launched to sea in Romania in February 2020 and is expected to arrive at the Norwegian shipyard in May where she will be fitted with various control- and navigation systems and undergo testing before delivery to Yara. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, Yara has decided to pause further development of the vessel and will assess next steps together with its partners....MORE
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