Norwegian chemicals company Yara has developed an electric container vessel that will be capable of fully autonomous travel in 2020. The new ship will replace 40,000 of the diesel truck journeys the company makes hauling fertilizer from its plant to ports every year. The battery-powered ship isn’t the only self-driving vehicle popping up in global cargo supply chains. In Singapore, autonomous trucks haul containers between terminals at one of the world’s busiest ports. In Europe, a continent-wide project is underway to introduce self-driving trucks that will haul cargo from ports across land borders.
This electric container vessel will replace 40,000 diesel truck journeys
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