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Shipping Giant Maersk Bets on Driverless Trucks to Improve Deliveries
- Company is testing trucks in run from Houston to Oklahoma City
- Autonomous vehicles are seen improving delivery times
A truck carrying an A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S shipping container.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable.
Maersk is experimenting with driverless trucks at its shipping yard in Carson, California, and has partnered with Kodiak Robotics Inc. to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Driverless trucks will help Maersk improve on-time performance, said Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s global head of innovation for logistics & services.