Market Research

4 September 2024 15:24

The CoboTank project aims to develop and test collaborative and automated robotic systems to support the handling process of inland tankers and is funded as part of the IHATEC (Innovative Port Technologies) funding programme of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs. Since 2022, the project has been supported by the UTV (Unabhängiger Tanklagerverband e.V.) as an associated project partner.
In this context, the UTV asked its members for their help at the beginning of September. In addition to our technical research and development work, we are conducting a market survey, which is being coordinated by Hafen Hamburg Marketing e. V. - also a project partner. 
With this survey, we want to find out key parameters for further project development in connection with the loading and unloading of inland tankers at independent tank storage facilities. This survey therefore represents an important contribution in the context of data collection in order to record every single location with a connection to the inland waterway network as far as possible.  
Thanks to the UTV's good relations with neighbouring associations, the survey could also be disseminated in the ARA region.