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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.

Yara Birkeland is a maritime robot built by Yara International. · Documented in 1 deployment in Porsgrunn.


Machine-readable surfaces

Form factor
maritime
Maturity stage
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
ID
1f722d2a-b9b2-47ab-93dc-e3eb7246310f

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Recent deployments (1)

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.yara.com/news-and-media/news-archive/2022/yara-birkeland/
  2. https://www.kongsberg.com/maritime/products/autonomous-solutions/

Common questions

What is 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.
Who makes Yara Birkeland?
Yara Birkeland is made by Yara International.
Where is Yara Birkeland deployed?
1 verified deployment of Yara Birkeland is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Porsgrunn.
What is Yara Birkeland's maturity stage?
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.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-07

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: maritime

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Yara Birkeland.