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Yangshan's new automated container wharf is due to start trial operation by year end
THE automated container wharf at Yangshan deep-water port in Shanghaihas reached the fourth phase of construction. Upon completion, its seven deep-water berths with depths of 15 metres will be able to handle four million TEU annually.
China's largest automated cargo wharf is on course to start trial operation by the end of 2017, according to Xinhuanet.
Initally, the wharf of Yangshan deep-water port will be managed and operated by Shanghai Shedong International Container Wharf Company, a joint venture of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) Company and Shanghai Container Company, reported Port Technology.
Yangshan port will before 2020 have 30 berths and a handling capacity of 13 million TEU, according to the website of its integrator and contractor, Shanghai E&P International.
As an initiative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and State Council, the construction of Yangshan deep-water port supports Shanghai's status as an international economic, trade, financial and shipping centre, and is intended to boost trade growth in the Yangtze River Delta region.
China's largest automated cargo wharf is on course to start trial operation by the end of 2017, according to Xinhuanet.
Initally, the wharf of Yangshan deep-water port will be managed and operated by Shanghai Shedong International Container Wharf Company, a joint venture of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) Company and Shanghai Container Company, reported Port Technology.
Yangshan port will before 2020 have 30 berths and a handling capacity of 13 million TEU, according to the website of its integrator and contractor, Shanghai E&P International.
As an initiative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and State Council, the construction of Yangshan deep-water port supports Shanghai's status as an international economic, trade, financial and shipping centre, and is intended to boost trade growth in the Yangtze River Delta region.
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