从今年年底到2023年中，VDL自动化车辆公司将向和黄港口鹿特丹ECT码头提供77辆AGV，这项价值数千万欧元的订单是ECT采购VDL AGV的第三份订单，可追溯到2011年。Between the end of this year and mid-2023, VDL Automated Vehicles will supply 77 AGVs to Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam. The order, worth tens of millions of euros, is the third order for VDL AGVs placed by ECT, going back to 2011。首份合同于2011年获得原型试验，其后订购了22辆AGV，然后在2012年和2013年又订购了63辆。到目前为止，这85辆AGV中的每辆已经运输了100,000多个集装箱。新订单的设计动机源于VDL在混合动力方面的积极经验以及多年来双方之间的信任，新订单涉及更换较老的AGV。The first contract was awarded in 2011 for prototype trials, followed by orders for 22 AGVs and then a further 63 in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Up until now each of these 85 AGVs has transported more than 100,000 containers. The motivation for the new order derives from the positive experience with VDL’s hybrid drive and the trust that has developed between the two parties over the years. The new order concerns the replacement of older AGVs.
L to R: Photo caption, from left to right: Frans van Dommelen (VDL Containersystemen), Karel Smits (VDL Automated Vehicles), Willem van der Leegte (VDL Groep), Leo Ruijs (ECT), Wilgert Willems (ECT) and Paul Bennekom(ECT)据说，将在ECT Delta Terminal采用的新型混合动力AGV消耗的燃料不到早期柴油电动AGV的一半，柴油动力AGV原由Gottwald设计，其模块化构造使得所有VDL AGV车辆之间技术转换、技术创新成为可能，例如全电动驱动，可以轻松集成。The new hybrid-electric AGVs, to be deployed at ECT Delta Terminal are said to consume less than half the fuel of the earlier diesel-electric designs [from Gottwald] and their modular construction makes it possible to exchange technologies among all VDL vehicles, so that innovations, for example a fully electric drive, can be easily integrated.新型AGV的一项关键创新是集成了VDL自己的导航系统，这与迄今为止使用的ECT的网格自由范围旧式导航有所不同。该系统可与大型汽车制造商使用的系统相媲美。AGV可以相互通信，因此它们可以靠得更近，从而缩短了两次运输之间的等待时间，这反过来又意味着每个AGV可以运输更多的集装箱。该设计也类似于常规的公路车辆。这样就可以紧密跟随汽车领域的发展，以继续开发AGV。A key innovation of the new AGVs is the integration of VDL’s own navigation system, as distinct from the free-range-on-grid legacy navigation of ECT used up to now. The system is comparable to that used by large car manufacturers. The AGVs can communiCATe with each other, so they can drive closer together and this results in shorter waiting times between trips, which in turn means that more containers per AGV can be transported.The design is also analogous to a regular road vehicle. This makes it possible to track developments in the automotive sector for the continued development of the AGVs.
VDL Groep总裁兼首席执行官Willem van der Leegte表示：在过去的几天中，我们再次证明荷兰公司是海事和港口领域的专家。我们为ECT和VDL再次合作而感到非常自豪，两家公司的员工都将把这种高质量的运输方式向前推进了一步。Willem van der Leegte, President and CEO of VDL Groep, said: Over the last few days we once again demonstrated that Dutch companies are specialists on and around water. We are tremendously proud that ECT and VDL have once again found each other and that employees of both companies will be moving this form of high-quality transport another step forward.“ VDL是重型运输电气化方面的欧洲领先者，并且是自动驾驶汽车领域的潮流引领者。这些AGV无疑是对VDL地位的进一步肯定。”"VDL is a European frontrunner in the electrifiCATion of heavy transport and a trendsetter in the area of automated vehicles. These AGVs are a perfect confirmation and a further expansion of VDL’s position."鹿特丹和记港口ECT首席执行官Leo Ruijs表示：“我们继续投资于码头，因此也投资于设备。我们与VDL一起致力于进一步提高AGV车队的现代化水平，以实现高效的集装箱装卸。模块化结构还支持我们通过使用新技术来越来越可持续地工作的目标。”Leo Ruijs, CEO of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam, said: ‘We continue to invest in our terminals and therefore also in our equipment. Together with VDL we are working on further modernising our AGV fleet for efficient container handling. The modular structure also supports our objective of working increasingly more sustainably by making use of new technologies."
