100 autonomous port truck deal

Thee order follows a tender exercise and a testing and evaluation process. Delivery of the trucks will start in September.

Hutchison Ports first introduced Westwell’s Q-Trucks at Terminal D in Thailand’s Laem Chabang Port in 2020.  Fifteen Q-Trucks run in mixed mode operation with no separation from other traffic and have handled over 334,000 TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit) moves since their introduction.

Clemence Cheng, chief executive officer of the Port of Felixstowe and executive director of Hutchison Ports, said: “We are really excited to be working in partnership with Westwell to bring its ground-breaking and AI-driven technology to the Port of Felixstowe. Following the positive introduction of autonomous trucks at our terminal in Thailand and after thorough and successful testing in Felixstowe, we are rolling the system out in the UK. The new trucks will increase the efficiency and operational consistency of our container handling as well as making a significant contribution to decarbonising operations at the port.”