As Vessels Go Green, Shippers Ask Big Questions
In 2021, Yara Birkeland, the first fully electric autonomous cargo ship, measuring 80 meters long and weighing 3200 tonnes, made its maiden voyage from Porsgrunn, Norway. It relied on an impressive array of eight batteries, boasting a substantial capacity of 6.8 MWh, a figure akin to the power of a hundred Tesla cars. Significantly, this […]
