PORT operator hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and MAN Truck & Bus have successfully completed the Hamburg TruckPilot, which tested autonomous trucks, reported London's Container Management.
Part of the strategic mobility partnership between the City of Hamburg and Volkswagen, the three-year project saw trials conducted at HHLA's Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).
Frederik Zohm, MAN board member for research and development, said: 'Pilot projects like Hamburg TruckPilot prove that the use of self-driving trucks is technologically feasible and can be efficiently integrated into the logistics processes.
'Autonomous driving will be a game changer in transportation. In close cooperation with customers and partners, we are testing practical automation solutions with the aim of getting self-driving trucks ready for series production in 2033,' said Mr Zohm.
During the practical trips, logistics partner Spedition Jakob Weets e.K first transported 40-foot containers controlled by a driver on behalf of Volkswagen Group Logistics to the CTA terminal in the Port of Hamburg.
There the truck drove autonomously across the terminal area and moved smoothly in mixed traffic with other road users, drove in the block storage lane and maneuvered itself backwards with high precision into parking position.
After container handling, the return journey to the check gate was also autonomous and, beyond the terminal grounds, the driver of the Jakob Weets e.K haulage company once again took full command.
'With its highly automated processes, HHLA CTA is the ideal test environment for trying out promising technologies,' said HHLA project manager Till Schlumberger.
'Our facilities operate 24/7 around the clock, 360 days a year. However, the safe integration of autonomous trucks into the terminal processes is a major challenge, because autonomous and classic transports are intermingled. With Hamburg TruckPilot, we were able to show that this application is possible and promising in practice,' he said.
In July 2021, the Federal Republic of Germany became the first country ever to pass a law on autonomous driving.
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Part of the strategic mobility partnership between the City of Hamburg and Volkswagen, the three-year project saw trials conducted at HHLA's Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).
Frederik Zohm, MAN board member for research and development, said: 'Pilot projects like Hamburg TruckPilot prove that the use of self-driving trucks is technologically feasible and can be efficiently integrated into the logistics processes.
'Autonomous driving will be a game changer in transportation. In close cooperation with customers and partners, we are testing practical automation solutions with the aim of getting self-driving trucks ready for series production in 2033,' said Mr Zohm.
During the practical trips, logistics partner Spedition Jakob Weets e.K first transported 40-foot containers controlled by a driver on behalf of Volkswagen Group Logistics to the CTA terminal in the Port of Hamburg.
There the truck drove autonomously across the terminal area and moved smoothly in mixed traffic with other road users, drove in the block storage lane and maneuvered itself backwards with high precision into parking position.
After container handling, the return journey to the check gate was also autonomous and, beyond the terminal grounds, the driver of the Jakob Weets e.K haulage company once again took full command.
'With its highly automated processes, HHLA CTA is the ideal test environment for trying out promising technologies,' said HHLA project manager Till Schlumberger.
'Our facilities operate 24/7 around the clock, 360 days a year. However, the safe integration of autonomous trucks into the terminal processes is a major challenge, because autonomous and classic transports are intermingled. With Hamburg TruckPilot, we were able to show that this application is possible and promising in practice,' he said.
In July 2021, the Federal Republic of Germany became the first country ever to pass a law on autonomous driving.
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