Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A conveying apparatus includes a belt conveying system advancing packages along a portion of an advancement path and between an inlet station and an outlet station and a control unit configured to control operation of the belt conveying system. The belt conveying system includes two conveyor belts configured to engage lateral sides of the packages advancing along the portion. The conveying apparatus further includes at least a first sensor device configured to detect at a first detection station between the inlet station and the outlet station a presence of a package at the first detection station and to generate a first signal associated with the presence of the detected package. The control unit is configured to accelerate and/or decelerate the conveyor belts on the basis of the first signal.