HHLA successfully tests self-driving truck at Container Terminal Altenwerder

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Munich-based truck manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus have successfully carried out practice test with a self-driving truck for the first time.

The test was carried out in regular container traffic in late May at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) as part of the two companies’ project to develop and test self-driving trucks for use in hub-to-hub container traffic.

Till Schlumberger, project manager at HHLA, said: “Autonomous driving is coming. The law on autonomous driving that was recently passed confirms it.