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Yara Birkeland, the world’s ? rst autonomous and fully electric containership.

Yara as security and environmental studies.

The SELKIE is convertible, i.e., when needed, an operator can take over manual control.

Emma Grant, a spokesperson for

Sea Machines, said that project de- signers worked from established speci? cations and capabilities; vessel components were selected to ensure optimal performance and allow seam- less AV-human integration. The Sea

Machines team used HDPE construc- tion and oversized hardware, where possible, to offset the fact that with- out a crew structural fatigue and dam- age could go unnoticed.

Grant said AV vessels are dif? cult to produce – at scale – that combine ruggedness, reliability and are intui- tive. She said the SELKIE’s “turnkey solution” combines these attributes and avoids downtime because it can www.marinelink.com MN 31|