Napier Port automation may come at high cost

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the intro­duc­tion of self-dri­ving trucks at Port of Napi­er is a risky move, cit­ing the dis­as­trous con­se­quences of the Ports of Auck­land (POAL) automa­tion project as a cau­tion­ary tale for the indus­try.