The ship of the future travels alone (and does not pollute)
Northern Europe and Japan are preparing for the revolution of unmanned and electric container vessels: the first fleets ready by 2025. In the coming months, 3 unmanned container vessels, one Japanese, one Finnish and one Norwegian , will anchor. After that, the seas will never be the same…
YARA selects Norwegian shipbuilder VARD for zero-emission vessel Yara Birkeland
The world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel is one step closer to launch, as YARA signs a deal with VARD worth appr NOK 250 million to build the vessel. VARD will deliver Yara Birkeland for launch in early 2020, and the vessel will gradually…
Vard announces the construction of a new electric ferry for Norway
Operated by Boréal, this new electric ferry will start operating in January 2020. 74 meters long, the ferry will carry up to 60 cars and 199 passengers and crew. The hull of the vessel will be built by Vard Braila in Romania and the delivery…