Yara International Archives

March 9, 2022

Norwegian firm to design ammonia-fueled oil tanker

Written by Baird Maritime on March 9, 2022. Posted in Tanker World.

Norwegian naval architects Breeze Ship Design has joined a pilot project that seeks to introduce a new type of ammonia-fueled Aframax oil tanker. The 110,000DWT vessel wi ..

February 24, 2021

MPA, Yara International join ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2021. Posted in Tanker World.

Ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project (JDP) consortium members MISC, Lloyd’s Register (LR), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

December 10, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | Yara Birkeland – Electric containership to be fitted with autonomous sailing capability

Written by Baird Maritime on December 10, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Norwegian shipowner Yara International will soon begin operational sailings of the world’s first electric-powered, self-propelled container vessel. Yara Birkeland w ..

January 7, 2021

COLUMN | False economy: remote-controlled autonomous ships? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 7, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

The news that the bulk carrier Wakashio grounded off Mauritius and broke in two in August last year because the crew were navigating dangerously close to the shore in ord ..

November 23, 2021

Yara to start operating new fully-electric boxship

Written by Baird Maritime on November 23, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

Yara Birkeland, the world’s first electric-powered, self-propelled container vessel, has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslofjord, Norwegian shipowner Yara I ..