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The company's scenario involves fully automated container ships travelling between ports, with minimal personnel requirements and moving all round the clock, monitored from start-to-finish by a control centre. A vessel will slow down when it's approaching its destination and docks itself at the pier. A container loader, equipped with autonomous and electric technology, will automatically unloads the container onto another autonomous vehicle. Volvo Group goes onto demonstrate how the cargo leaves the port through an automatic, secure gate. The autonomous vehicles then form an autonomous connected driving convoy.

AGVs are still a relatively new idea within container terminals, however, with increasing demands for consistency, safety, and environmental awareness, these types of vehicles are becoming a necessary part of port operations. PTI's Terminal Automation & Training Conference will take place in June, where automation, training and robotics will be some of the key topics to be discussed by our expert speakers.