DB Schenker tests automated Wiesel swap-body transporter

DB Schenker is the world’s first logistics service provider testing an automated Wiesel at its site in Nuremberg. This vehicle manufactured by KAMAG has been developed to transport swap bodies at logistics yards and can move these autonomously.

The Wiesel serves to analyse and evaluate the automated processes. The vehicle has been developed for the use on company grounds only, and won’t be deployed in public spaces. KAMAG and DB Schenker, two leading global companies, are cooperating to push forward jointly the innovation topic of automated driving.

Erik Wirsing, Vice President Global Innovation at Schenker AG, said at the presentation of the Wiesel: “Digitalisation improves efficiency throughout the entire transportation ecosystem. The use of driverless transportation systems is already an important component of our logistics processes. The evaluation of the test phase will show how we integrate the system into our overland transportation system.”

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16th July 2018