reply Under the epidemic situation, China's ports are accelerating toward intellectualization

Alphaliner, a shipping information provider, released a list of the top 30 container ports in the world in terms of throughput in 2021. Seven of the top 10 are Chinese ports. Shanghai International Shipping Research Center released the Global Ports Rankings 2021, and Chinese ports accounted for 28 seats (including Hong Kong) in the list of the top 50 ports. China's ports have not only grown in scale, but also become more flexible and robust in the face of the epidemic, and are working with cross-border partners to promote the construction of smart ports.The impact of the epidemic is multi-faceted. Although it has brought obstacles to the normal operation of the port, it has also driven the port to improve and innovate in management and technology. Shun tak maritime network editor Chen Yang told the China trade news reporter, ningbo zhoushan port, shenzhen port has suffered outbreaks, ill-prepared for a start, the efficiency is affected, but now these ports in response to the outbreak of the uncertainty factors of hone, flexible coping with adverse effect, with the help of a more intelligent means both prevention and assignments. "For example, the Beilun port area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port has designated a special channel for container truck drivers to reduce the impact of the epidemic. These good practices are noticed in the industry." Chen Yang sighed, "This process can not say that the use of technology must be more top, but the comprehensive use of technology and other methods have achieved good results. These achievements of China's ports can not be separated from the port staff, collection card workers hard work."When it comes to the promotion of port intellectualization under the epidemic situation, unmanned collection card is a typical one. Although manually driven collection cards are still the mainstream of port production operations, unmanned collection cards do receive more attention and are expected to be higher under the epidemic. Unmanned collection card relies on perception, positioning, decision-making, planning and other key technologies to support operations. At present, its existence not only reduces the risk of infection, but also provides more possibilities for the alleviation of recruitment difficulties and other problems. Ding Changfa, associate professor of economics department of Xiamen University, said that part of the business of Xiamen Port is completed with unmanned collection cards. This kind of intelligent device has a large initial investment, but can realize 24 hours of operation, high efficiency, and can gradually reduce the cost after continuous operation.At present, the epidemic has become a driving factor in the construction of smart ports in China. In the construction of smart ports, there is also a strong taste of "cross-border". For example, the "Smart Port 2.0" jointly built by Dongfeng, China Mobile and China Cosco Shipping has been commercialized in Xiamen Yuanhai Wharf, and the Technical Requirements for Port Driverless Container Vehicles has been issued. Sipg has teamed up with Huawei to build an ultra-remote intelligent command and control center."Our ports lead the world in terms of size and intelligence, and are highly efficient. In the construction of smart ports, cross-border cooperation is very popular. China Mobile, Huawei and others have participated in cross-border cooperation and achieved good results." Chen Yang believes that this is the future development trend, "in the past, the outside world thought that the port and shipping industry is more traditional and conservative, in recent years, the port and shipping industry wants to make good use of the Internet, artificial intelligence, big data, Huawei and other enterprises can complement each other to participate in. This kind of cross-border cooperation improves the image of the traditional port and shipping industry, showing that the port and shipping industry is also active in embracing innovation and seeking change."Chen Yang said that China should take the lead in developing standards related to smart ports to avoid being "stuck in the neck" in this field, and policies should also increase support.Ding noted that in the field of standardized container operations, automation and intelligence are developing faster, while the handling efficiency of goods that cannot be transported in containers is relatively low. He suggested further promoting standardization and promoting automation and intelligence on the basis of standardization. At the same time, different ports will have to play to their own characteristics and expertise, for example, some ports are long for LNG imports, while others have dedicated terminals for coal or other commodities. Ding Changfa thinks, the economic condition of different port, hinterland situation is different, should encourage the construction of special wharf to do the opposite thing more, so that can further improve efficiency, reduce cost.Ding also suggested that, according to the characteristics of each port, taking into account the profitability, according to local conditions to promote the construction of smart ports, not a one-size-fits-all. "Shanghai Yangshan Port and Shenzhen port have a large number of cargoes and strong profitability. The smart construction of these ports is supported by both funds and encouraged by market performance. Some other small and medium-sized ports cannot take such a big step in the construction of smart ports for a while after taking profit, cost and other factors into consideration. Therefore, ports should promote intelligence according to their competitiveness, economic strength and other factors. Ding Long hair said.