RegGuheert
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I don't know if this will be a crowded field, but it seems that Yara has teamed up with Kongsberg to build a battery-powered container ship. Interestingly, this to-be-autonomous ship is intended to replace 40,000 diesel-truck trips each year with zero-emission transportation on the water.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VBD7hVRhx0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTKL4hm4B0[/youtube]
Frankly, I find the schedule to be extremely optimistic for such a challenging project. I doubt this ship will be on the water next year and I also doubt that it will be autonomous by 2020. Still, this looks like a very interesting idea.
Here are a couple of videos from the developers of the concept:Daily Mail said:‘Every day, more than 100 diesel truck journeys are needed to transport products from YARA's Porsgrunn plant to ports in Brevik and Larvik where we ship products to customers around the world,’ said Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of YARA.
‘With this new autonomous battery-driven container vessel we move transport from road to sea and thereby reduce noise and dust emissions, improve the safety of local roads, and reduce NOx and CO2 emissions.’
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VBD7hVRhx0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTKL4hm4B0[/youtube]
Frankly, I find the schedule to be extremely optimistic for such a challenging project. I doubt this ship will be on the water next year and I also doubt that it will be autonomous by 2020. Still, this looks like a very interesting idea.