The first self-propelled electric container ship Yara Birkeland has completed its maiden voyage in the Oslo Fjord. A two-year test phase of the technology is now beginning before the ship is to be certified.


The E-container ship was announced by the fertilizer manufacturer Yara in 2017 . As early as the end of 2018, Birkeland was to handle the equivalent of 40,000 truck journeys between the fertilizer production facility in Porsgrunn in southern Norway and Brevik for onward transport...

The Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has presented a design concept for electrically powered sightseeing ships for use in cities and fjords. The concept was developed as part of a cooperation agreement with the Norwegian research organization SINTEF last year.

The construction of the new emission-free excursion ship goes back to a design by Havyard designer Stig Magne Espeseth. The design study is 70 meters long, is intended to accommodate 600 to 800 passengers and is traveling at a speed...

The US manufacturer Nikola, best known for his plans for fuel cell and battery trucks, has placed a $ 30 million order with the Norwegian hydrogen specialist Nel to supply electrolysers.


With the alkali electrolysers from Nel, Nikola wants to equip the first five hydrogen filling stations in order to generate the necessary hydrogen on site. The production capacity per unit is eight tons per day, making a total of 40 tons.

"These electrolyzers will support five...