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DP World wants to put containers on land at the speed of sound

At extreme velocity and without the use of trucks. This is how containers should be moved in the future, if a Memorandum of Understanding signed by DP World and the company Hyperloop becomes a success.
DP World and Hyperloop imagine that in the future, containers can be freighted to and from vessels through a pipe system. | Photo: Illustration: Hyperloop og DP World
DP World and Hyperloop imagine that in the future, containers can be freighted to and from vessels through a pipe system. | Photo: Illustration: Hyperloop og DP World
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN

In the future, containers will not be moved to and from vessels with trucks, but rather through a closed pipe system with low air-pressure where special carts can transport them across long distances with speeds nearing the speed of sound.

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