Autonomous Trucks
It is predicted that large container ports worldwide will work to deploy autonomous container trucks from 2021 onwards. That is mainly because:First, port automated driving can be deployed in the shortest time, pays off and offers a clear business model. In August 2020, Alibaba Cloud won the bidding of Shandong Port Group (China’s first smart port owning 4 port companies: Qingdao Port, Rizhao Port, Yantai Port and Bohai Bay Port) for top-level design schemes. Platooning/CVIS: in the closed port environment with multiple scenarios, autonomous container trucks need to communicate with other container trucks, other types of vehicles, port equipment and containers. Fleet operation and CVIS is a trend for port automated driving.