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Shandong Port Qingdao Port's container throughput exceeded 700 million tons and container throughput exceeded 30 million TEUs
2023-12-29

Shandong Port has 1.7 billion tons and 40 million TEUs; Shandong Port Qingdao Port has 700 million tons and 30 million TEUs; on the 27th, at the Shandong Port Qingdao Port Automated Terminal, Shandong Province’s three-year action promotion meeting for the construction of world-class ports and the National Product-wide There are frequent good news about the commissioning and operation of independent automated terminals.

"The cargo throughput of Qingdao Port, a Shandong port, will exceed 700 million tons in 2023, and the container throughput will exceed 30 million TEUs for the first time, ranking fourth and fifth in the world, achieving a historic new leap." On December 27, in Shandong At the Provincial Three-Year Action Promotion Conference for the Construction of World-class Ports and the Commissioning of National Fully Autonomous Automated Terminals, Shandong Port Qingdao Port reported the good news live via video.
This is a practical answer for Shandong Port Qingdao Port to strive to implement the "three aheads"; it is to integrate into the new development pattern, serve the "Belt and Road" initiative, serve national strategies such as ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and promote Shandong's world-class The new achievements and contributions of port group construction are new milestones in achieving high-quality development based on the integrated reform and development platform of Shandong ports. It will help Shandong ports accelerate the construction of "double first-class" and world-class port groups, and accelerate the creation of "first-class port-based" "Integrated supply chain service system" is of great significance.
In 2023, under the general trend of economic recovery, with the strong support of Shandong Port and the empowerment of the platform, Qingdao Port will seize the opportunity and bravely shoulder the important task of breakthrough development of container integration, give full play to the role of basic and hub facilities, and adhere to the " "Sea and land" work in both directions, continue to build a golden logistics channel, and achieve leapfrog development in the process of serving the national economy. There were 20 new routes throughout the year, and the total number of routes continued to rank first among ports in northern China. The sea-rail combined container volume has ranked first in the country for nine consecutive years. In the business environment evaluation of the top ten shipping container ports, it has ranked first for three consecutive years.
Based on the overall situation of integrated development, Qingdao Port has accelerated its transformation and high-quality development. Seizing the golden period of large-scale construction, 2 new terminal berths and 28 oil tanks were added throughout the year. The new terminal design capacity was 700,000 TEUs, and the new oil product storage capacity was 2.6 million cubic meters. Hardware capabilities were further improved; speeding up wisdom Green construction, becoming the country's first smart and green "double five-star" port, building the country's first nationally produced and fully independent automated terminal, using scientific and technological strength to help improve terminal efficiency.
Business innovation has become an important guarantee for the continued growth of Qingdao Port. Since the beginning of this year, Qingdao Port has focused on building a "first-class supply chain comprehensive service system relying on the port", deepening the integrated development with brother ports and sector groups, serving the "three new things" industrial chain with multiple logistics models, and making every effort to create the "three new things" "Export model port in northern China; opened the first European consumer goods boutique route; launched the first bonded ship refueling business at overseas ports in the Philippines; comprehensively launched international transit business for commercial vehicles; launched the first "bonded crude oil blending operation + re-shipment export" business, etc. New businesses and formats one after another help Qingdao Port cope with the complex and ever-changing industry situation and achieve new breakthroughs.
Standing at a new starting point of 700 million tons and 30 million TEUs, Shandong Port Qingdao Port will, under the strong leadership of the Shandong Provincial Port Group Party Committee, use a more high-spirited attitude of struggle to speed up the construction of "double first-class" and promote the world-class port group. Contribute more to the construction and creation of a "first-class comprehensive supply chain service system relying on ports".
Create new productivity in the port field
The country's first domestic automated terminal is put into operation
On December 27, the country's first nationally produced fully autonomous automated container terminal - Shandong Port Qingdao Port Automated Terminal (Phase III) was put into operation, marking a new breakthrough in the research and development and construction of automated terminals in my country.
The third phase of the project, which is put into operation, is located on the south bank of the Qianwan Port area of Qingdao Port, Shandong Port. It will build two 100,000-ton container berths. After being put into operation, the total length of the fully automated container terminal will reach 2,088 meters, with a usable shoreline of 1,652 meters. , will increase the terminal’s storage capacity by 26% and improve loading and unloading efficiency by 6%.
"In 2013, we started to build an automated terminal. At that time, we planned and designed 6 berths and built them in three phases. In the blink of an eye, 10 years have passed and the third phase has finally been put into operation. After the third phase of the terminal is put into operation, the comprehensive service efficiency will increase by 6%. Various indicators have reached the international leading level, and more importantly, it marks that my country has a completely independent and controllable set of solutions in the field of automated terminals, and also enhances China's core competitiveness in the world's port industry chain and supply chain." Zhang Liangang, chief scientist of Shandong Provincial Port Group, said in an on-site interview that the third phase of the automated terminal has six major independent breakthroughs and 12 innovative achievements, achieving "national production and full autonomy."
Shandong Port Qingdao Port Automated Terminal (Phase III) has six independent breakthroughs and 12 innovative achievements, achieving "national production and full autonomy", creating new productivity in the port field, and becoming a successful example of the application of industrial Internet in port scenarios. , the setter and leader of the world's automated container terminal construction and operation standards.
A-TOS system renovated and upgraded: The terminal’s “intelligent brain” A-TOS system continues to be renovated and upgraded. The algorithm has been further improved, and an intelligent integrated resource allocation algorithm for the whole terminal chain has been developed to complete the intelligent upgrade of the planning chain, scheduling chain and service chain; an intelligent all-factor sorting algorithm has been developed, reducing the rummaging rate in the yard by 6%. The computing power is more powerful, realizing asynchronous acceleration of multi-dimensional algorithms and dynamic processing of calculation processes. The calculation efficiency of a single service node exceeds one million times per second, and a single tens of millions of TEU container terminals can achieve "second-level" calculations.
Develop a new generation of horizontal transportation intelligent control system (A-ECS): the new generation of A-ECS in the "nerve center" of the terminal is safer, more efficient and more convenient. Non-stop production upgrades and operation and maintenance. For the first time in the world, non-stop production upgrades and operation and maintenance of terminal equipment control systems have been realized. Taking a container terminal with an annual throughput of tens of millions of TEUs as an example, it can increase revenue by nearly 10 million yuan every year. Heuristic optimal path calculation realizes real-time perception of multiple devices and multi-stage highly dynamic collaborative control, reducing terminal equipment turnover time by 20% and interaction time by more than 50%.
Integrate and innovate domestic operating systems and database applications: cooperate with domestic manufacturers to independently develop and tackle key problems to achieve nationalization of operating systems and databases. Full-stack localized ecological construction, forming original research ecological products with software and hardware collaboration and full-stack independence, effectively ensuring port data security in terms of information data, and forming a unified monitoring and management system across physical systems and virtual machine clusters in the virtual data center. Improve IT operation and maintenance efficiency and quality.
Integrate and innovate the first domestically produced automated electronic control system and achieve large-scale application: break the current "bottleneck" of large-scale container terminal equipment electronic control systems that mainly rely on foreign products, and achieve domestic substitution and large-scale application of equipment electronic control systems. Basic electronic control hardware is fully replaced, and "domestic chips + domestic basic software" are completed for the underlying PLC development. The basic electronic control hardware has the terminal application conditions of wide temperature, three protection, strong electromagnetic compatibility and earthquake resistance. The basic electronic control software has been completely upgraded to achieve precise control and automatic operation of large-scale port machinery and equipment based on a nationally produced electronic control system, forming a package of domestic solutions from underlying hardware to upper-level applications. The domestic intelligent sensing system is fully integrated and innovative, achieving a success rate of over 95% for automated rail cranes operating around the clock and throughout the entire process.
The world's first automated rail crane high-efficiency DC power supply system: As the "heart" of large port machinery and equipment, the independently developed low-voltage DC mobile power supply system has simple power supply structure, reduced equipment weight, reduced installed capacity, efficient and clean utilization of feed energy, and ultra-high reliability. Six major advantages, including flexibility and direct and efficient coupling of multiple new energy sources, completely subvert the traditional high-voltage AC mobile power supply model. Construct a high-efficiency DC power supply microgrid for automated rail cranes. For the first time, we propose a high-efficiency DC power supply model for large-scale variable frequency drive equipment in ports. We also build an automated rail crane integrated source, network, and load DC power supply microgrid, reducing the equipment's dead weight by more than 10 tons and reducing equipment operation. Energy consumption is more than 4%. Develop an automated rail crane multi-level ring network redundant smart power supply management and control system to achieve intelligent dispatching, intelligent capacity reduction, and rapid switching of intelligent management between unitized microgrids. The power dispatch in the multi-level ring network redundant mode is more flexible. , the impact of equipment side faults on the power grid is reduced, and it has ultra-high power supply reliability.
Domestic substitution of key core components: In the process of project integration and application, the localization process of the industrial chain and supply chain will be fully promoted, and key core components will be replaced by localization to achieve a jump in high-efficiency and high-quality productivity in actual operations. Developed the country's first high-load, full-function drive axle, and worked with domestic manufacturers to develop the country's first high-load, full-function dry drive axle, which eliminated the viscous resistance generated by the gear oil in the wet brake and reduced energy consumption by about 10%. The localization of other key core components will overcome the problems of localization and large-scale application of a series of key components, drive the rapid development of the national industrial chain, and help form an independent and controllable supply chain guarantee system.
1.7 billion tons, 40 million TEUs
Shandong port achieves a new leap in scale
As an important achievement in promoting and implementing the "Action Plan", Shandong Port's cargo throughput will exceed 1.7 billion tons and container throughput will exceed 40 million TEUs in 2023. With a new leap in magnitude, it will promote the overall acceleration of the construction of world-class port groups in Shandong Province. .
A game of chess, great collaboration, hub functions continue to improve: Over the past year, Shandong Port has made every effort to fight for the "breakthrough development of container integration", formulated and implemented an action plan for the breakthrough development of container integration, adjusted layout, expanded capabilities, optimized routes, built channels, and continuously Expand your lead. Taking "Qinghai-Japan Integration" as a breakthrough, 32 new routes were added throughout the year, and the container growth rate ranked first among coastal ports in the country. Strengthening land-based market development, 8 new inland ports and 8 new trains were added throughout the year. Sea-rail combined transport container volume increased by 20% year-on-year, ranking first among the national ports for eight consecutive years, and inland radiation service capabilities continued to increase. Ports and sectors are clenching their fingers and working towards each other, jointly opening routes, smoothing channels, strengthening chains, improving services, and constantly opening up new space for growth.
From January to November this year, Shandong ports’ crude oil throughput increased by 11.4% year-on-year, and coal throughput increased by 16.3% year-on-year. Iron ore develops three "incremental channels" to enter the river from the south, transfer water from the north, and international transit distribution; the bauxite business relies on the China-Africa Channel and the full logistics advantages of bauxite to improve terminal loading and unloading efficiency and service quality; commodity vehicle throughput Volume increased by 24.1% year-on-year.
Strengthen cooperation, build advantages, and accelerate the release of service efficiency. Shandong Port actively builds a "first-class supply chain comprehensive service system relying on the port" and inaugurated the supply chain comprehensive service center, focusing on "port services, chain integration, digital empowerment, and ecological co-construction", and implemented four major actions and 16 key points The task is to accelerate the transformation and upgrading from a "single port operator" to an "integrated supply chain service provider". Deepen the "commerce + port" cooperation with provincial and municipal commerce departments, strengthen dispatching and supervision, promote the return of trade volume, and help maintain the stability and improve the quality of the province's foreign trade. Deepen cooperation with customs and other port units, sign a memorandum of strategic cooperation on customs and ports, launch the "Mountain-Port One Port Connectivity" and "Intelligent Transshipment Platform" construction project, actively strive for the implementation of policies such as tax rebates at the port of departure, and optimize and unify the port operation code of Qianwan Port Area , pushing customs-Hong Kong cooperation to a new height. Qingdao Port ranked first in the comprehensive score of the business environment evaluation of the top ten maritime container ports in 2023, becoming the only port to receive the highest 4.5-star rating.
In addition, Shandong Port has also carried out extensive external promotion, and launched a series of new business and new achievements in the fields of ship freight forwarding, insurance, ship fuel supply, overseas warehouses, bulk commodity procurement, etc., to create a port ecosystem of "shared beauty, harmony and symbiosis". The advantages of full-chain services are more prominent.
The opening determines the overall situation, and the starting point determines the subsequent momentum. Shandong Port will deeply understand the major expectations, firmly shoulder the major responsibilities, strive to seize the major opportunities, use the vigorous and upward development trend and competitive operating performance to continue to expand the role of the "chess eye" of the port strategy to better serve the development of the country and the province. The big picture.