The robot-staffed, windmill-powered Dutch port poised to become the most efficient cargo handler ever. Business is booming at Europe's largest port, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which sees the lion's share of the continent's imports and exports. About 34,000 ships and 12 million shipping containers--each large enough to hold 27 refrigerators, 175 bicycles, or 2,500 pairs of jeans--already pass through it each year. But that's nothing compared with the 32 million containers it will handle by 20...
The robot-staffed, windmill-powered Dutch port poised to become the most efficient cargo handler ever. Business is booming at Europe's largest port, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which sees the lion's share of the continent's imports and exports. About 34,000 ships and 12 million shipping containers--each large enough to hold 27 refrigerators, 175 bicycles, or 2,500 pairs of jeans--already pass through it each year. But that's nothing compared with the 32 million containers it will handle by 20...
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