Port of Tianjin

Navis leads Tianjin terminal automation

Navis announced that following an extensive automation project, Five Continents International Container Terminal (FICT) has successfully automated its 31 rail mounted gantry (ARMG) cranes, which are now live on N4 and operational at Tianjin Port.

Located in the Port of Tianjin, the 10th busiest port in the world and the largest port in Northern China, FICT was designed with an initial capacity of 1.5 million TEU. With the rise of megaships, and the increasing volume of cargo that accompanies...

https://container-news.com/navis-tianjin-terminal-automation/

Tianjin port sees increased foreign trade

Foreign trade via the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin rose 7.8 percent year-on-year in the first four months of the year on stronger imports.

The trade value reached 441.6 billion yuan (63.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-April period, said the Tianjin Customs.

Exports edged up 2.1 percent year-on-year to 207.1 billion yuan while imports grew 13.4 percent to 234.5 billion yuan, customs authorities said.

Foreign trade in April alone grew at a stronger annual pace of 14.2 percent to...

https://container-news.com/tianjin-port-sees-increased-foreign-trade/

Tianjin FICT modernizes its yard with automation from ABB

A unique project transforms the terminal to meet “mega-age” requirements.

Five Continents International Container Terminal (FICT) in Tianjin, China, is running at the maximum of its designed capacity, or even above it. To rapidly increase the throughput capacity of the terminal, FICT is modernizing its yard’s crane fleet of 31 manually operated rail mounted stacking cranes. The project is moving ahead at record pace, and the first batch of cranes was rebuilt, automated and commissioned for...

http://container-news.com/tianjin-fict-modernizes-yard-automation-abb/

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