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Re:Uber Freight by cm2012 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:37AM (#13262217)
Probably 90% of port jobs are automated away compared to 50 years ago.
Re:Uber Freight by Animats on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @01:33PM (#13264954)
Yes. For an extreme example, here's Rotterdam's container port. Zero people in the quay area.[1] This is sped up, but entirely real. Not only are the vehicles driverless, so are the cranes. A few people in a control tower oversee that operation.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_rlLyelQo

Re:Uber Freight by cm2012 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:39PM (#13265597)
Amazing
Re:Uber Freight by AlgorithmicTime on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @06:38AM (#13262602)
Containerization alone is probably responsible for half of that.
Re:Uber Freight by patch_collector on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @01:25PM (#13264895)
If you want a good read on containerization, I'd really recommend reading 'The Box', a history of shipping containers. For a topic that might sound bland, it's fascinating.

https://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Econom...