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A Norwegian company, says it's working on a fully-electric cargo ship that will be fully automated by the 2020. Remove operation will begin in 2019, the company, Yara, says.

Why this matters: The company says the automated ship will reduce 40,000 truck journeys along it's route. That also eliminates the need for drivers to steer those trucks.

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A Norwegian company, says it&#x27;s working on a fully-electric cargo ship that will be fully automated by the 2020. Remove operation will begin in 2019, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the company, Yara, says" data-vars-click-url="http://yara.com/media/press_releases/2103105/press_release/201705/yara-and-kongsberg-enter-into-partnership-to-build-worlds-first-autonomous-and-zero-emissions-ship/" data-vars-content-id="516d9dcb-37fe-4fd6-a37a-6a769f6edc83" data-vars-headline="The captainless cargo ship" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://yara.com/media/press_releases/2103105/press_release/201705/yara-and-kongsberg-enter-into-partnership-to-build-worlds-first-autonomous-and-zero-emissions-ship/" target="_blank">the company, Yara, says</a>.Why this matters: The company says the automated ship will reduce 40,000 truck journeys along it&#x27;s route. That also eliminates the need for drivers to steer those trucks.

The captainless cargo ship

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