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A metropolis with 14 million residents, an industrial giant and one of the leaders in global logistics – all this is about Tianjin, a city in northern China. Its port is one of the largest on the planet, and new technologies make it one of the most automated and environmentally friendly. Our correspondent Sergey Stanchik found out the details.
CGTN-Russian correspondent Sergey Stanchik: "This is not just a port, it is a real high-tech organism. Almost everything is automated here. Cranes, trucks, container sorting, all this is controlled by 5G technologies and artificial intelligence. Therefore, it is not for nothing that Tianjin is considered one of the most advanced logistics platforms in the world today."
As automation increases, so does efficiency. Tianjin Port handled more than 23 million standard 20-foot containers in 2024.
Tianjin Port Remote Control Operator Yin Ming: "The entire process is carried out without human intervention, eliminating delays and waiting, greatly improving the efficiency of cargo operations, and ensuring the continuity of transshipment operations. During the work, the high-speed communication capabilities of 5G are integrated with the Beidou positioning system, applying to intelligent manufacturing scenarios."
CGTN-Russian correspondent Sergey Stanchik: "Literally the lightest push, and you can see how a multi-ton container is moved from one place to another. This is the kind of automation here at the Tianjin port. And thanks to this, unloading, which used to take, for example, 3-4 hours, is now completed in literally 10-15 minutes."
Advanced technologies – at all levels of cargo handling. Contactless technology has been introduced for container inspection.
Xue Tao, head of the shipping department of the Tianjin Maritime Administration: "Using portable devices, samples of volatile gases of dangerous goods are taken through the ventilation holes of containers, and then the data is instantly compared with the dangerous goods database. This allows the type of cargo to be quickly identified. This innovation has reduced the inspection time of one container from two hours to ten minutes."
Ecology is not forgotten here either! By 2030, the port plans to fully meet its production needs for electricity from renewable sources.
Yu Pengfei, Head of the Energy Management Division of the Science and Technology Department of Tianjin Port Group of Companies: "Currently, Tianjin Port is actively working to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. Thanks to the introduction of a hybrid generation system, wind and solar energy have become the main energy base for port production. At present, the share of green electricity in the total energy consumption of the port has already exceeded 50%."
In terms of its size, the port of Tianjin is among the world's TOP-10. It serves more than 180 countries and 500 ports. One of the promising areas for cooperation is the SCO countries. Last year alone, 57 trains departed from here on the China-Europe route and 225 trains departed from China-Central Asia. Thus, the Tianjin port is turning into a strategic center for Eurasian logistics and cooperativeRobots, AI, and 5G increase the efficiency of the port of the Chinese city of Tianjin.
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