Tianjin terminal automates with Beidou

Tianjin Port’s container terminal in northern China has become the first container terminal in the country to be automated using the locally developed Beidou (literally meaning big dipper) satellite technology.

The automation was demonstrated on 17 January 2021, with several unmanned electric container trucks passing through the automatic loading and unloading station in an orderly manner, before stopping at a predetermined location. Automated quay cranes then grabbed the containers from the...

https://container-news.com/tianjin-terminal-automates-with-beidou/

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