Yara Birkeland

Fully autonomous electric container ship. 120 TEU capacity, zero emissions, autonomous navigation and docking. Route between Porsgrunn and Brevik, Norway. Operates with remote monitoring center.

Yes. Yara Birkeland is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Yara Birkeland's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Max speed: 13 kt; Weight: 3200000 kg; Payload: 3200000 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Yara Birkeland is made by Yara International, based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1905.

1 verified deployment of Yara Birkeland is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Porsgrunn.

Yara Birkeland is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable maritime_surface robots to Yara Birkeland include Corsair, Voyager, Surveyor, Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor).

Yara Birkeland and Corsair (Saronic Technologies · 8 deployments) are both maritime_surface robots on the DEPLOY registry. Yara Birkeland has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Yara Birkeland ranks in roughly the top 50% of maritime_surface models tracked by the registry.

Yara Birkeland is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Yara Birkeland has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

The Yara Birkeland is the world's first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. It is a 120 TEU container ship carrying fertilizer between ports at Heroya and Brevik in Norway. It reduces truck haulage by 40,000 journeys a year. Built by Yara (Norway).