Icelandic container line Samskip is taking the lead in a new project called Seashuttle that will see it build two emissions-free boxships.
The all-electric vessels will also be autonomous and will be able to compete on cost with regular ones, it said.
Seashuttle is going ahead with €6m ($6.88m) of cash from the Norwegian government.
The vessels will connect Poland, Sweden and the Oslo Fjord.
