The world's first autonomous, zero emission container ship

Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA's Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

Read more about Yara Birkeland here:

[ek]

Great solution. 😎

They save investing in a minimum of 14 trucks every 5- to 10-years.
They save around $650, 000 in fuel per year.
They save in salaries of a minimum of fourteen drivers.
They save in maintenance of a large truck fleet.
Payback of 13-years approximately and bottom line savings of $619, 000 per year (assuming $20-million per vessel).
They reduce emissions of pollutant greenhouse gases.
They can supply their ship's electricity from renewable energy (wind, solar, or hydroelectric).
They deliver safer and faster.

[LarryC]

They were talking about how this will eventually be used for hauling other goods over longer distances. Piracy on the high seas will just love this.

[MeatTimes]

Song is: Hybrid - The Big Smoke
It may also be listed as by Chris Healings, Charlotte James, and Mike Truman; the members of Hybrid.

[kevinlane]

It sounds good, but if a ship has no ballasts, then won't waves simply knock it over?

[Tassiedevil]

Autonomous Ships are Useful alright. FOR TARGET PRACTICE!

[seahorseseahorse]

Like the video. Calm seas never made a good sailor or a ship. Wonder how it will handle 3 mtr swells and 12 knots of current. (Opposing)

[darrenpinto]

This must be having HUGE batteries. I thought its a fuel cell propulsion system.

[justinkai]

I am very proud, because my team is involved in ARMG crane engineering.

[Aslarina]

Very nice, would love to see this ship crossing the oceans

[efudine]

Also how the heck are you going to power those props

[sherpain]

I like this song, anyone know the name...Nice boat. what happens in a storm when the sensors fail?

[RockClimberAlex]

I don't trust animations ever since i saw megatron fighting ultron.

[ahaveland]

For short trips where it can be charged while loading/unloading, batteries will work well, however it would be good to add solar panels and wind turbines to save energy and evaluate performance.
For long journeys, speed and duration of voyage is less important with no crew to pay, so flexible solar panels on a reel that can unroll like a tarpaulin ought to work pretty well considering the large surface area available.
Wind turbines can also help to propel the ship, even if the wind is head on.
In addition to being pollution free, sailing more slowly would also be less of a threat to whales.
I hope one day all shipping will use this technology.

[DevAnon]

It's impressive that an electric engines can move a boat of that dimension for that km

[roadforrunner]

No Crew?Where's my Union chairman!

[Dmwntkp]

Battery adds to the tremendous weight.

[michaelscott]

wouldnt these be pretty easy for pirates to pick off

[SyedAhmadFathi]

Video is nice, but we live in a real world.

[jonasduell]

I am all for less emission especially in shipping considering the sludge and crude oil used to fuel giant ship diesels.
However, "Zero Emission" is a blatant lie and greenwashing.
I used to work for Kongsberg's battery supplier in Germany during the project, I can't remember if it was Lithium Titanate or Lithium-NMC batteries but making those is not zero emission and those are consumables. The energy production and power plants are not zero emission either, even if it was 100% renewables the carbon footprint is not 0. Why the lies instead of stating the real reduction/improvement?
This is literally what fuels the arguments of anti-renewable advocates.

[fluffyfluffycake]

You know, I seem to remember that a certain company called SpaceX used their first drone ship in 2014