YARA the world’s largest producer of ammonia, nitrates and NPKs and leading provider of sustainable crop nutrition solutions, supporting profitability through knowledge, optimal quality and productivity farmers, and KONGSBERG a leading global maritime technology company launching world's first autonomous, all-electric vessel for commercial operation named YARA Birkeland by 2019.
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YARA Birkeland will initially operate as a manned vessel, moving to remote operation in 2019 and expected to be capable of performing fully autonomous operations from 2020. The new zero-emission vessel will be a game-changer for global maritime transport contributing to meet the UN sustainability goals.
