Gottwald Port Technology · port and yard vehicle
Gottwald / Konecranes diesel-electric AGV
A driverless container carrier that follows transponders set in the yard pavement between quay cranes and the stacks, powered by a diesel-electric drive. Rotterdam's ECT and Hamburg's Altenwerder terminal were the early large users.
- Price
- —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- 96Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
ECT's Delta terminal was the first container terminal fully equipped with Gottwald AGVs.
Real-world use
ECT Rotterdam signed for 96 diesel-electric AGVs in 2005 and took 22 more in 2011; Konecranes says they gave two decades of service before a 2025 switch toward battery units.
Maker
Gottwald Port TechnologyCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (Maasvlakte, Delta and Euromax), Port of Rotterdam; HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA), Hamburg
- Fleet
- 96 ordered for ECT in 2005 plus 22 in 2011 (Konecranes / Demag Cranes); current count not published
Public attention
How much public attention Gottwald / Konecranes diesel-electric AGV gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
Gottwald / Konecranes diesel-electric AGV is the only vehicle from Gottwald Port Technology (now Konecranes) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam · ECT Euromax terminal · Rotterdam · 96 units
Hutchison Ports ECT runs diesel-electric Konecranes Gottwald AGVs at Rotterdam, which new battery AGVs will join at Euromax. 96 diesel-electric Gottwald AGVs under a 2005 contract (Konecranes, July 2025) Konecranes
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | Gottwald / Konecranes diesel-electric AGVGottwald Port Technology (now Konecranes) |  Kalmar AutoStrad automated straddle carrierKalmar (Cargotec until 2024) with Patrick TerminalsSame job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2001 | 2005-12 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — |
| Weight | — | — |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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