Is Yara Birkeland a self-propelled container ship?

"The world's first electric and self-propelled container ship – Yara Birkeland – has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord." The chemical company Yara International intends to automate all aspects of the transport, including an automatic mooring system and loading/unloading. As of today, the ship still requires a crew to operate.

How many trips a week will a container ship take?

Starting next year, the container ship will take two trips a week with a manual crew. The self-navigating technology will be tested over a two-year period, after which the ship will be certified autonomous and the bridge will be removed from the ship.

Can a container ship be self-propelled?

There are a lot of places in the world with congested roads that will benefit from a high-tech solution like this, says Holsether. Now begins a two-year testing period of the technology that will make the ship self-propelled, and finally certified as an autonomous, all-electric container ship.