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The smart container terminal was built in 21 months and began operations October 17 in Tianjin Port
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The terminal’s “intelligent brain” can automatically give the best loading and unloading plans and control each equipment, leading to higher efficiency
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The intelligent terminal has a designed annual throughput of 2.5 million TEUs of containers.
Tianjin Port (Group) Co., Ltd has started to operate what it claimed is the world’s first “zero-carbon intelligent container terminal” at Tianjin Port in northern China.
The smart container terminal with zero carbon emissions was built in 21 months and began operations October 17 in Tianjin Port, the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing.
It is the world’s first “smart” and “zero-carbon” terminal—an example of the intelligent upgrade and low-carbon development of ports all over the world, said Chu Bin, chairman of the Tianjin Port group.
The terminal has an “intelligent brain” based on artificial intelligence or AI technology that can automatically give the best loading and unloading plans and control each equipment, leading to 20% higher efficiency compared to traditional terminals.
The terminal also uses intelligent horizontal transportation robots equipped with various sensors such as laser radars, cameras and millimeter-wave radars.
A base station with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a Chinese satellite navigation system, was established at the terminal, which can achieve dynamic high-precision positioning with the help of 5G technology.
Doing away with fossil energy, the terminal only relies on wind power and photoelectricity. Its energy consumption can be reduced by over 17% compared with traditional automated terminals.
The smart zero-carbon terminal has a designed annual throughput of 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers.
