Uber’s Otto makes its debut

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On the back of European platooning truck trial and E-highway trials (worldcargonews.com, 6 April 2016, and WorldCargo News, September 2016, ...

Camera View

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Hirschmann Automation and Control MCS has introduced a new camera indicator that can be used on all types of mobile equipment....

Passive RFID for Mexico’s Tuxpan

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Tuxpan Port Terminal has introduced passive RFID tags to identify road trucks under the ASCs at its new automated terminal in Mexico....

Konecranes set for massive ASC order?

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Konecranes has received a Notice of Intent to Award Contracts from Virginia Port Authority in the USA for 86 automated stacking cranes...

Tanger-Med II to be automated

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APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled Ship-STS cranes and 32 ARMGs to equip its new 5M TEU/year MedPort Tangier facili...

Automation for Morocco and Virginia

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This month, there have been two significant developments in port automation. APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled STS...

Navis/ZPMC sign MoU

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New “alliance” will see both companies cooperating on automated container terminal systems....

Kalmar delivers more ASCs

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Kalmar has delivered two automated stacking cranes to DP World in Brisbane to kick-start Phase 2 of the terminal's ASC project...

Challenges at the sharp end

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Automation, intermodal rail, and bulk container logistics are three areas where there have been important developments in the spreader marke...

DCB’s path to automation

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Modern Terminals Limited’s (MTL) implementation of Navis’s N4 TOS at its DaChan Bay Terminals (DCB) has successfully transitioned the fa...

Virginia ready for more automation

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The Port of Virginia is expected to place what is likely to be the largest single order (or orders) for ASCs this year, after successfully r...

Automation on rubber or rails

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Whether they have RMGs or RTGs, an increasing number of terminals are working on introducing automation and remote control into their operat...

Hyperloop One MoU with DP World

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The collaboration is for feasibility studies to analyse the value of using Hyperloop systems to move containers from ships docked at Jebel A...

Conductix-Wampfler cuts the cable

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Conductix-Wampfler says its ProfiDAT system for carrying data over a conductor rail can support crane automation without the need for fibre ...

Auckland to automate

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Ports of Auckland (POAL) in New Zealand has announced that it has decided to “partly” automate its straddle carrier terminal. Auckland w...

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