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MAGPIE reaches milestone in autonomous shipping: inland vessel sails independently between Rotterdam terminals

MAGPIE reaches milestone in autonomous shipping: inland vessel sails independently between Rotterdam terminals

Rotterdam, 11/06/2026 – Unusual vessels returned to the Port of Rotterdam this week. Following the October 2025 public demonstration of intention sharing between inland...

Interview with APS

Interview with APS

Ports of Sines and the Algarve Authority CEO, Mr. Pedro do Ó Ramos, answers our question. • Could you share your own story of...

Interview with DeltaPort

Interview with DeltaPort

DeltaPort Managing Director, Mr. Andreas Stolte, answers our questions. DeltaPort is an inland port network located along the River Rhine in the cities of...

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13 Videos

When Ships Talk – Demonstration of Intention Sharing Vessels

MAGPIE: Electric & Automated Trucking Event (10/04/2025)

MAGPIE project | Electric Loading Tower simulation

3:43

MAGPIE - ammonia bunkering pilot

MAGPIE exhibition at Portlantis

1:20

MAGPIE exhibition - Interview with Berte Simons

1:08

MAGPIE exhibition - Interview with Nico van Dooren

0:47

MAGPIE | Interview with Kennard Brandenburgh – DEMO 3

1:08

MAGPIE | Interview with Evert Han Huernink – DEMO 5

0:55

MAGPIE | Interview with Thierry Verduijn - DEMO 6

0:40

MAGPIE | Interview with Rianne de Vries – DEMO 7

0:57

MAGPIE | Interview with Pieter Hazejager – DEMO 8

0:58

MAGPIE | Interview with Daan Nap – DEMO 9

0:54

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Magpie Success Stories

Ammonia bunkering

Trammo, OCI and James Fisher Fendercare successfully conducted an ammonia bunkering pilot between two vessels at a terminal in the port of Rotterdam on 12 April, 2025. This marks an important step in preparing the Port of Rotterdam for vessels bunkering clean ammonia…

Automated & electric trucking

Automated electric driving and automated charging technologies are making significant progress. This is the key takeaway from the Automated & Electric Trucking demonstration event…

Autonomous E-barge

To navigate and manoeuvre safely in the port, autonomous vessels need to share sailing intentions in digital form. The MAGPIE demo showcased how intentions can be used to generate collision warnings and alarms. This allows skippers to be informed earlier…

MAGPIE Infographics

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Our 44 partners

Eramus University Rotterdam

(Netherlands)

Circoé

(France)

Netherlands Maritime Technology

(Netherlands)

AIVP

Association Internationale Villes et Ports (France)

Van Oord Offshore

(Netherlands)

Imgrund Silogistic

(Germany)

Proton Ventures

(Netherlands)

Fraunhofer

(Germany)

INESC-TEC

Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (Portugal)

Zero Emission Services

(Netherlands)

Delft University of Technology

(Netherlands)

Planco Consulting

(Germany)

APS

Ports of Sines and the Algarve (Portugal)

CEA

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (France)

HAROPA Port

(France)

Chemgas Shipping

(Netherlands)

Van Oord Ship Management

(Netherlands)

EDP

CNET Centre for new energy technologies (Portugal)

EICB

Expertise and Innovation Centre for Barging (Netherlands)

GoodFuels

(Netherlands)

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II

(Netherlands)

MTS Emmelsum

(Germany)

ENECO

(Netherlands)

TU Eindhoven

(Netherlands)

DHL Global Forwarding

(Netherlands)

TNO

Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (Netherlands)

Air Liquide France Industrie

(France)

Port of Rotterdam

(Netherlands)

Deltaport

(Germany)

EWI

The Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (Germany)

MARIN

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (Netherlands)

Volvo Technology

(Sweden)

H2 PEG

(Germany)

IFP Energies Nouvelles

(France)

Distro Energy

(Netherlands)

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center

for Zero Carbon Shipping (Denmark)

Rocsys

(Netherlands)

Bluewater

(Netherlands)

Wärtsila

(Netherlands)

Rail Innovators

(Netherlands)

DAF Trucks

(Netherlands)

Heerema Marine Contractors

(Netherlands)

ProRail

(Netherlands)

NIAG

Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)

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