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This state-of-the-art facility, developed over the past four years, features fully automated stacking cranes, autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) for container movement, and an AI-driven terminal operating system (TOS) designed to optimize vessel turnaround times and yard management.

Behind the terminal’s automated operations is a centralised command system. Information from across the terminal is transmitted through a 5G network to a control centre, where operators monitor equipment and coordinate activities in real time.

Meanwhile, Tianjin Port has developed its own intelligent transportation system and terminal operating platform. These systems connect key equipment, including quay cranes and yard cranes, allowing them to exchange information continuously and work together more efficiently.

Based on real-time data, the system generates loading and unloading plans and directs equipment to carry out tasks in a coordinated manner. According to Tianjin Port, operating efficiency at the terminal is about 20 per cent higher than at conventional container terminals.

Feng Miao, operations manager at Tianjin Port’s Second Container Terminal Co., Ltd, described the command system as the terminal’s “brain.” “It combines workers’ experience, customer requirements and operating standards,” Feng said. “As more operational data becomes available, the system continues to improve and optimise the workflow.”