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Kongsberg Maritime: 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 move from manned operation to fully autonomous operation by 2022.