* Singapore: Sees driverless trucks as improving port productivity
-- Singapore’s Ministry of Transport and terminal operator PSA Corporation are planning to develop a driverless container truck system that will boost port productivity by increasing the flow of boxes within the port and across the streets of the city-state... Today both inked a memorandum of understanding to work together to design, develop and test-bed an “autonomous truck platooning system” for use on in the Port of Singapore and on public roads... Autonomous truck platooning comprises one human-driven truck with one or more driverless trucks following behind, and it is intended to help alleviate the shortage of manpower in the trucking industry and raise productivity with more cargo transported per driver... By shifting more haulage activities to off-peak hours, this can also help improve traffic flow during peak periods, helping the trucking industry meet the increased demand for container haulage between different port terminals and ultimately, other truck movements island-wide... The MOT and PSA said requests for proposals would be issued by December to design and carry out autonomous truck platooning system trials over a three-year period. Two proposers will be shortlisted to demonstrate their technology during the first stage, before one of the two is selected to operate on the designated route in Singapore... Once a proposal has been accepted, trials will initially involve inter-terminal haulage between Brani Terminal and Pasir Panjang Terminals, and a 6.2-mile test route along West Coast Highway has been identified for this purpose. The technology may eventually be scaled up for haulage within the port area, as well as between Pasir Panjang Terminals and the new Tuas Port...
(Photo: Reclamation work at Singapore's Pasir Panjang terminal) - Hong Kong, China - J.O.C., by Greg Knowler - Oct 12, 2015Labels: autonomous trucks
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