Has the spring of the automated wharf come?

It is reported that in the development of the port and shipping industry, technological innovation has never stopped, and the spring of global automated terminals has arrived, from the replacement of workers' shoulders with "mechanical grab" for port loading and unloading to the automation of intelligent terminals.

According to the report, people in the industry said that starting from 1998, they began to study the automatic terminal equipment based on the Rotterdam automatic terminal project in the Netherlands. Up to now, they have successfully built a number of automated terminal projects at home and abroad, and independently innovated and developed a new generation of fully automatic terminal loading and unloading systems. The future of intelligent terminals is bright.

However, the popularization and use of automated terminals are not without obstacles. Due to the cost pressure and the worry about the reliability of equipment, the further promotion of automated terminals still faces some practical pressures. At present, the loading and unloading rate of domestic terminals is generally not high, and the return period of users' investment is too long, which also makes investors more cautious when investing.

In addition, there are risks in automatic terminals, and its stability and reliability still need to be observed. Once automation is realized, neither the operating system nor the automation equipment is allowed to "try and error", because once a fault occurs, it is likely to lead to the paralysis of the whole terminal production, which is unimaginable for a terminal with a daily container throughput of 6.5438+0 million boxes.

I hope the era of port automation will come soon!