The real automation in the Rotterdam port is the Automatic Guided Vehicle system that moves containers between the loading cranes and a container re-arranging s

The real automation in the Rotterdam port is the Automatic Guided Vehicle system that moves containers between the loading cranes and a container re-arranging system that optimizes the placement of containers dock side. The loading cranes themselves are only remote control on the deep water side, and this is for health and safety reasons. The cranes for the trains and barges for the hinterland are sit-in cabs. SOURCE: I did a tour of the terminal a few weeks ago as part of the 6th International Conference on Computational Logistics [1] A similar AVG system is in place at Hamburg as seen in this video [2] [1] http://realtimelogistics.info/iccl/ http://realtimelogistics.info/iccl/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B3PzgYUK_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B3PzgYUK_0