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Bohai port develops fully automated container terminal
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CAOFEIDIAN, Bohai Bay port east of Tianjin, is becoming a model of port automation as US-Chinese startup TuSimple, a specialist in developing self-driving trucks, replaces operator-driven terminal tractors with 20 self-driving trucks.
In some cases, the number of men needed to unload a cargo ship has gone from 60 to 9, reports Singularity Hub of Moffett Field, California, north of San Jose.
If you were to visit Caofeidian, the whirring cranes and tractors driving containers to and fro would be the only things in sight,
Caofeidian is set to become the world's first fully autonomous harbour by the end of the year, said the high-tech news portal.
A separate company handles crane automation, and a central control system will coordinate the movements of both.
"The potential for automating systems in harbours and ports is staggering when considering the number of deep-water and inland ports around the world," said TuSimple spokesman Robert Brown.
"At the same time, the closed, controlled nature of a port environment makes it a perfect proving ground for autonomous truck technology," he said.
Caofeidian lifts 300,000 TEU a year, small beer compared to Shanghai with its annual throughout of 40 million TEU.
Self-driving container vehicles have also been tested in Yangshan, close to Shanghai, and Rotterdam. Qingdao New Qianwan Container Terminal in China recently laid claim to being the first fully automated terminal in Asia.
Qingdao said its systems allow the terminal to operate in complete darkness and have reduced labour costs by 70 per cent while increasing efficiency by 30 per cent.
TuSimple says it is in negotiations with several other ports and also sees potential in related logistics-heavy fields.
For autonomous vehicles, ports seem like a perfect testing ground. They are restricted, confined areas with few to no pedestrians where operating speeds are limited. The predictability makes it unlike, say, city driving.
At the same time, it is running open road tests in Arizona and China of its Class 8 Level 4 autonomous trucks.
In some cases, the number of men needed to unload a cargo ship has gone from 60 to 9, reports Singularity Hub of Moffett Field, California, north of San Jose.
If you were to visit Caofeidian, the whirring cranes and tractors driving containers to and fro would be the only things in sight,
Caofeidian is set to become the world's first fully autonomous harbour by the end of the year, said the high-tech news portal.
A separate company handles crane automation, and a central control system will coordinate the movements of both.
"The potential for automating systems in harbours and ports is staggering when considering the number of deep-water and inland ports around the world," said TuSimple spokesman Robert Brown.
"At the same time, the closed, controlled nature of a port environment makes it a perfect proving ground for autonomous truck technology," he said.
Caofeidian lifts 300,000 TEU a year, small beer compared to Shanghai with its annual throughout of 40 million TEU.
Self-driving container vehicles have also been tested in Yangshan, close to Shanghai, and Rotterdam. Qingdao New Qianwan Container Terminal in China recently laid claim to being the first fully automated terminal in Asia.
Qingdao said its systems allow the terminal to operate in complete darkness and have reduced labour costs by 70 per cent while increasing efficiency by 30 per cent.
TuSimple says it is in negotiations with several other ports and also sees potential in related logistics-heavy fields.
For autonomous vehicles, ports seem like a perfect testing ground. They are restricted, confined areas with few to no pedestrians where operating speeds are limited. The predictability makes it unlike, say, city driving.
At the same time, it is running open road tests in Arizona and China of its Class 8 Level 4 autonomous trucks.