PSA Singapore developed OptETruck, an AI-powered digital platform, to tackle fragmentation and inefficiencies in Singapore’s haulage industry—a sector that significantly contributes to carbon emissions due to frequent empty truck trips and underutilised resources. Globally, trucking accounts for 34% of the transportation sector and is a major source of CO₂ emissions. Through extensive studies, interviews, and collaboration with government agencies and trade associations, PSA identified key operational pain points and co-developed OptETruck to address them. The platform introduces automated trip scheduling and asset pooling capabilities, enabling hauliers to share resources and optimise fleet and manpower usage across companies.
Leveraging real-time resource-matching algorithms and predictive modelling, OptETruck reduces the number of empty truck trips by over 50%. This translates to an annual reduction of 10 million kg of CO₂ emissions, equivalent to planting 300,000 trees each year. These environmental benefits are achieved alongside cost savings, improved manpower efficiency, and shorter turnaround times for logistics players.
OptETruck is also a neutral, cloud-based solution, designed to be accessible even for small and medium-sized hauliers with limited digital capabilities. It provides a common platform for scheduling and coordination, streamlining operations across ports, logistics facilities, and container depots—nodes that traditionally operate in silos. The Minimum Viable Product was developed and deployed in just two months, using agile methodologies and close stakeholder engagement, including co-defining requirements, conducting user acceptance testing, and running live trials.
OptETruck is not only a technological innovation—it’s a catalyst for sustainability and collaboration. By enhancing digitalisation, operational efficiency, and environmental outcomes, it supports Singapore’s goal of becoming a resilient, low-carbon logistics hub and sets a new standard for AI adoption in the transport and logistics sector.