Singapore aims to build world's largest automated port at Tuas

Trade hub could surpass Shanghai in capacity after consolidation in 2040s

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Yellow automated guided vehicles carry cargo throughout Tuas Port 24 hours a day. (Photo by Fumika Sato)

FUMIKA SATO

SINGAPORE -- Singapore is working to turn its western port of Tuas into a "port of the future," consolidating other ports in the city-state into a massive, fully automated hub incorporating artificial intelligence technology.

During a recent tour by car, the port had almost no people in sight even in the middle of a weekday. But driverless yellow vehicles could be seen passing by.

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