As the global economy has grown in recent decades, so too have the container ships that transport cargo to and from the world’s ports. They are growing both in numbers and in size . And to keep up with all those containers, ports have introduced advanced automation. In fact, the world’s first fully automated port terminal—the Delta Dedicated North Terminal operated in The Netherlands by Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT)—is now more than 30 years old. ECT has used technologies such as automatic guided vehicles and automatic stacking cranes to whisk containers to and from the port’s quay in […]
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