Luojing port resumes operation after intelligent transformation

The Luojing automated container terminal of the Shanghai Port started operation on Wednesday after one year’s intelligent upgrading efforts.

It has been transformed from a traditional coal and ore terminal to a green, intelligent one.

With the completion of the first phase project of Luojing container terminal area, there are now one 100,000-ton berth and four 10,000-ton berths in operation, with an annual capacity of handling 2.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers and a shoreline of over 1,400 meters.

"The technological overhaul at the Luojing terminal offers new opportunities for increasing cargo and container throughput of the Shanghai Port," said Song Guanghua, deputy director of transportation construction of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission.

The integration of smart and digital technologies at the Luojing terminal has reduced operational costs, shortened berthing and transshipment time and significantly boosted work efficiency.

"For communication we use 5G and Beidou technologies. We've also adopted smart navigation and video systems. The new automated intelligent vehicles (AIVs) now are handling horizontal transport tasks at the port," said Zhou Wei, Party chief and general manager of the Shanghai Port Luodong Container Terminal Co., Ltd.

Luojing port resumes operation after intelligent transformation

Shanghai, China's financial hub, and several other eastern Chinese cities have been flooded due to Typhoon Pulasan, and drainage efforts are in full swing.

Pulasan, the 14th typhoon of the year, made its second landfall in Shanghai's Fengxian District at around 21:45 on Thursday after first making landfall earlier that day in Zhejiang Province.

Since midnight on Friday, parts of Shanghai's Pudong New Area have experienced increasingly heavy rainfall, resulting in flooded streets and temporary school closures.

Local authorities have intensified drainage efforts on waterlogged roads and in swamped neighborhoods.

Similarly, in neighboring Jiangsu Province, Rugao, a county-level city, was hit by a downpour from 7:00 to 17:00 on Friday. By 18:00, local firefighters had responded to more than 60 cases, carrying out drainage and rescue operations.

Typhoon Pulasan deluges eastern Chinese cities