CSL To Construct World’s 1st Fully Automatic Electric Ferries

• 18 Jul 2020

• India’s largest commercial shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has signed a contract to build the world’s first fully automatic electric vessel for ASKO Maritime, Norway.
• CSL will construct and supply two autonomous electric ferries to ASKO Maritime, with an option to build two more identical vessels.
  The project, partially funded by the Norwegian Government, aimed at emission-free transport of goods across the Oslo fjord, inlet in Norway.
• This Autonomous Electrical vessel project is an ambitious project in Norway partially funded by the Norwegian Government aimed at emission-free transport of goods across the Oslo fjord.
• Once in operation, this vessel will create a new bench mark for the merchant shipping world in the field of Autonomous Vessels with Zero Carbon Emission.