On August 14, Evergreen Shipping Kaohsiung Port Seventh Container Center held an opening ceremony. Evergreen Shipping Chairman Zhang Yanyi, General Manager Xie Huiquan, and Taiwan Port Corporation Chairman Li Xianyi witnessed it.
The container center is Taiwan's first automated container terminal, by Evergreen Shipping and Taiwan Port Company to build, Evergreen Shipping is responsible for the operation.
Zhang Yanyi, chairman of Evergreen Shipping, said in his speech that in order to adapt to the development of the international shipping industry and the trend of large-scale ships, Evergreen Shipping has integrated the business of the fourth and fifth container centers and moved to the seventh container center. At the same time, invested heavily in the purchase of various new types of automation equipment, set up environmental protection and energy-saving facilities. After the seventh container center is fully put into operation, there will be no need for mutual towing between the fourth and fifth container centers, which will not only reduce a lot of carbon emissions, but also improve operational efficiency.
According to reports, the embankment of the container center is 2415 meters long and there are five container ship berths with a water depth of 18 meters. The five berths will be completed in two phases. After all, four 24000TEU class super large container ships and two regional ships can be berthed at the same time, with an annual cargo handling capacity of up to 6.5 million TEU, which will help to consolidate Kaohsiung Port's position in the global container port.
It is worth noting that the 7th Container Center of Changrong Shipping Kaohsiung Port is equipped with 24 bridge machines, including 19 remote remote-controlled unmanned bridge machines, in addition to 60 fully automated unmanned portal machines, and 24 Taiwan's largest intelligent customs clearance entry and exit lanes for container trucks.
At the same time, the introduction of independent 5G system, optical fiber, Internet of Things (IoT) to cover the entire site, with EVA Shipping's self-developed intelligent cabinet operation system (EMCTOS), optical text recognition system (OCR), as well as real-time electricity monitoring system, intelligent security system and other artificial intelligence systems, to improve operating efficiency and ensure personnel and goods safety.
At present, Evergreen Shipping has set up special terminals in Los Angeles, Auckland, Tacoma, Panamanian Port, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei, Thailand Linchaban and other ports to improve its fleet operation efficiency.
Source: China Shipping Weekly