Bosses at the Port of Felixstowe have toasted the success of its new driverless truck fleet.

The port's Chinese owner - Hutchison Ports - has ordered another 34 Autonomous Trucks (ATs) from Shanghai Westwell Technology Co following a successful pilot.

The new fleet won't affect jobs, it says, as business at the port is expanding anyway.

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Thirty-four of the trucks are already in operation at the port and working well, according to port chiefs.

They help transport "boxes" - the big containers that are loaded with goods and arrive by ship - around the port.

Batteries to power the machines can be swapped in minutes, and fit the port's ambition to cut its carbon emissions. Each Q-Truck is estimated to cut CO2 output by about 50 tonnes a year.

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