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Chapter 248 Entrepreneur Investigation: Smart Port

The next day, everyone took a bus and came to the outer port of Pengcheng. This is an intelligent unmanned port with an annual throughput of nearly 7 million tons and a container throughput of nearly 4 million TEUs. It is a world-renowned port. .

The person in charge of the port began to introduce the basic situation, "Accompanied by economic globalization, the world shipping market is rapidly moving towards integration and networking, and the worldwide market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. The focus of competition is becoming more and more obvious, that is, in the global market Compete for the status of shipping center and seize the commanding heights of shipping.”

"Pengcheng is the largest port city in the south of my country. The city uses the port for prosperity and use. Pengcheng has the conditions and ability to undertake the important task of representing the country to participate in the competition of international shipping centers."

"Pengcheng Port has a planned total area of ​​more than 30 square kilometers, including four port areas in the east, west, south, and north. According to the principle of one-time planning and phased implementation, it will be implemented in three phases. The total investment of the project exceeds 1000 billion yuan, of which Two-thirds of the investment is for reclamation projects, and the investment in bridge crane machinery for loading and unloading containers is about 2 billion yuan."

Pengcheng Port has been intelligent and unmanned for more than ten years. The technology used comes from intelligent warehousing, which is not a new technology. Visiting here mainly reflects the official achievements of Pengcheng in port logistics.

"Wu Hao, what is the highlight of the intelligent port?" Liu Hanqing was very interested.

Wu Hao explained: "The latest progress in smart ports is to use cloud data flow to facilitate supply chain collaboration, coordinate activities and make decisions in advance, thereby optimizing the operation process of the entire supply chain system."

“Smart ports employ a booking system for ocean and intermodal freight to arrive in a timely manner and reserve specific times for unloading or picking up cargo for trucking companies.”

"Using digital tools to provide real-time monitoring information on the movement of in-port, sea, and land carriers, etc., through GPS-based traffic monitoring systems, as well as traffic monitoring sensors along major port roads."

“Protect port employees, facilities and assets using smart surveillance systems. This includes entry authorization, video surveillance and analytics, behavioral analytics, anti-theft and anti-fraud, biometric authentication solutions, and sensor-based systems that help vehicles and cargo Appropriate adjustments are made in terms of security, physical and cybersecurity of processing facilities."

"Through cloud information collection, Internet of Things and other technologies, it is convenient for stakeholders to obtain data to strengthen decision-making. Through electronic vouchers, paperless office processes are realized, and the efficiency of container circulation is accelerated."

"The port is a logistics hub project, which is very important to the global shipping industry. The smart port realizes the automation and unmanned operation of the port, and can operate 24 hours a day, which greatly facilitates the convenience of cargo loading and unloading. It also improves customs clearance efficiency.”

The biggest highlights of intelligent ports are automation, unmanned, process data, and seamless monitoring. These features have all been realized.

The person in charge of the port brought everyone to the main control hall of the port, where you can check the operation of the port through the screen, and there is also an official service window, which is very convenient.

"Now our Pengcheng Port is undergoing upgrades in order to meet the standards of smart ports and create a safe and credible data environment. Carriers, shippers, port communities, customs, governments, finance and other participants can safely access data relevant to its needs, while complying with global cybersecurity and data sovereignty laws.”

"We have also strengthened cooperation with the Digital Container Shipping Association to create new value-added services by merging relevant data sources, such as global freight real-time location query, internal environment data query of containers in transit, cargo arrival time prediction, etc."

"In the future, we will integrate the data of smart ports, smart ships, digital railways, smart containers, smart contracts, etc. The technical foundation will release huge value gains."

"New business models and powerful analytics enable greater transparency into the status of cargo, infrastructure and resources, and instant visibility into shipments and shipments enables customers to make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Along the way , smart ports, as ever-evolving smart, highly sophisticated information hubs, need to revolutionize global transportation systems.”

The vision for the future is good, but the road to realization will be more tortuous. Wu Hao knows very well that in the future, in terms of digital authority, many changes are needed to gradually eliminate information barriers, because this involves the issue of official office intelligence .

After visiting the main control room, the person in charge of the port took everyone to the pier, where you can see the third and fourth phases of the Pengcheng Port Deepwater Port, known as the "Robot Wharf", which are also the largest intelligent container terminals in the world. .

"Everyone, please look here. The port uses an intelligent "porter" AGV car, which can automatically avoid congestion and seamlessly connect with giant loading and unloading robots."

"Using the most advanced 5G fully intelligent system, the operation plan can be automatically generated and instructions issued before the ship berths."

"Pengcheng Port has been built as a fully remote-controlled port supported by 5G networks. Its loading speed is currently the fastest in the world. On average, each crane can handle nearly 40 containers per hour. A fully operational port can be loaded within 9 hours. Handling 1800 containers!"

The person in charge of the port introduced it very proudly. In front of the huge port machinery, everyone was very moved.

"Things look majestic, but in fact the core is similar to the logistics company we visited yesterday, and some places are not as good as there." Wu Hao said with a smile.

"Logistics focuses on the number of pieces of goods. The important transportation index of sea shipping is the tonnage, which is a different concept. Moreover, domestic transportation does not have the trouble of customs clearance, so the efficiency is of course much higher." Liu Hanqing does not agree with Wu Hao's point of view.

"Actually, the so-called smart port refers to the whole process from the transportation demand to the user's hands. It realizes the intelligent analysis of big data in order to achieve the optimal logistics service, and realizes automatic loading, warehouse distribution, and logistics in the port link. The distribution of boxes and the optimization of the route make the transportation cost the lowest, the transportation time the shortest, and the logistics efficiency the highest.”

Wu Hao expressed his understanding of smart ports. The concept of smart ports is less difficult to implement than smart ports. It is to realize automated services in all aspects of port operations, reduce human factors, and improve operational efficiency.

"Our ports have begun to be upgraded to smart ports. Most ports in other countries are still in a relatively primitive state. There is no harm if there is no comparison!" Chen Qiaomu said with emotion.

(End of this chapter)