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Yara Birkeland- the world’s first electric cargo ship

To combat the rising temperature of the earth is becoming a headache for the whole world and efforts are being made to reduce it, new conventions and agreements are being held. Now, Norway has taken a positive initiative for this. A company in Norway has launched the world’s first such ship which runs on batteries. Due to this, there will not be pollution spreading through smoke in the air, but it will also help in preventing pollution in the sea. The freight will be carried by this battery-powered vessel, the first of its kind. This ship has been landed in the sea only two days ago. The purpose of making this ship is to curb pollution.

This e-cargo container has been named Yara Birkeland. Its most important thing is that it will be able to complete its journey in the sea without any emissions. Not only this, its second most important thing is that there will be no crew in it, so it will be a ship without a crew. When it was lowered into the water off the coast of Oslo, environmental lovers are also hoping to reduce the risk of pollution in the future. Svein Tore Holsether, CEO of the company that built this ship, expressed happiness over its sailing, saying that it had to be faced with many difficulties in its preparation, but the team managed to overcome all these difficulties.

With the help of sensors, this ship can cover a distance of 7.5 nautical miles at a time. This 80 meter long ship has the capacity to carry 3200 tons. It gets the required energy from hydroelectricity. For this, the machine room on board has been replaced with eight battery coaches. This will give the ship an energy of about 6.8 MW and the ship will be able to move with the speed.

By the year 2050, a target has been set to reduce the pollution in the sea by about 50 percent. Due to this, about 40 thousand diesel-run trucks will be able to reduce load on the roads annually. This ship will help in preventing nitrogen oxide and CO2 emissions. In addition, road safety will also increase. This will also help in reducing dust blowing in the air and noise pollution.

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