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Shanghai port operator aims to expand capacity of its automated terminal at Yangshan and help shippers reduce waiting time and costs

  • Yangshan Port’s fourth phase, the world’s largest automated container terminal, expected to handle 6.6 million teus (20-foot equivalent units) this year
  • The operator of the fourth phase is eyeing an annual capacity of over 7 million teus after enhancing automation and logistics arrangements

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A view of the automated container terminal of Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port in east China’s Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
Daniel Renin Shanghai
Yangshan deep water port in Shanghai aims to expand handling capacity of its automated container terminal in a bid to reduce vessels’ waiting time and operating costs for ocean carriers as the world’s second largest economy grapples with shrinking exports and imports.

Jin Jian, general manager of Shandong Container Terminal, operator of the Yangshan Port’s fourth phase, the world’s largest automated container terminal, told the Post that the 2,350-metre harbour is expected to handle 6.6 million teus (20-foot equivalent units) this year, surpassing the design capacity of 6.5 million teus.

“We are looking to make the terminal more intelligent and environment-friendly as we increase its capacity to better serve the container liners” he said on Tuesday. “An annual capacity of more than 7 million teus is targeted as we expand computing power and make proper logistics arrangements.”

Shandong Container Terminal is a subsidiary of the state-owned Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) which has made a 12.8 billion yuan (US$1.8 billion) investment in the fourth phase of the expansion.

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters

The automated terminal, which began operations in end-2017, handled about 2 million teus in 2018.

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