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Felixstowe unveils terminal truck of the future

The port of Felixstowe says it may be the first in Europe to introduce autonomous terminal tractor units into mixed traffic container terminal operations, with the first two Westwell battery-powered vehicles.The trucks use a digital map loaded into a fleet management system that controls navigation around the port combined with their on-board GPS navigation to track position in real time.Project director, and Hutchison Ports UK chief information officer, Karen Poulter ... [+]