Fernride · port and yard vehicle
Fernride autonomous terminal tractor
Terberg base
Fernride's sensor and software kit turns Terberg terminal tractors into driverless vehicles, with remote staff who oversee several at once. Its safety concept was the first TÜV SÜD certification for an autonomous terminal tractor under the EU Machinery Directive.
- Price
- —Annual software subscription; price not published
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2025-07
- Fleet
- 3Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
First company in Europe to run terminal tractors commercially without safety drivers (July 2025).
Real-world use
Three tractors at HHLA TK Estonia in the Port of Muuga began moving to driverless work in July 2025, with six planned within a year.
Maker
FernrideCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- HHLA TK Estonia, Port of Muuga near Tallinn, Estonia
- Driverless since
- 2025-07
- Fleet
- 3 tractors with one remote operator, expanding to 6 (FreightWaves, July 2025)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Fernride autonomous terminal tractor (Terberg base) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- about 3 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
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
Fernride autonomous terminal tractor (Terberg base) is the only vehicle from Fernride in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedAnnual software subscription; price not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
HHLA TK Estonia · HHLA TK Estonia container terminal, Port of Muuga · Maardu · since 2025-07 · 3 units
HHLA TK Estonia began moving Fernride terminal tractors to driverless operation, supervised by remote operators, at Muuga near Tallinn. 3 Fernride tractors in operation (HHLA, July 2025) HHLA
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. How we choose
| Measure | Fernride autonomous terminal tractor (Terberg base)Fernride |  PSA Tuas Port AGV fleetPSA International (multiple suppliers)Same job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Westwell Qomolo Q-TruckWestwell (Shanghai Westwell-Lab Technology)Same job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ISEE autonomous yard truckISEESame job: trailer moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2023-01 | 2022 | 2021-07 | 2021-06 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
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| Payload | — | — | 80000 kg | — |
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Sources
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