French media reporters visit the "Automation" Qingdao Port: Robots are replacing the original pier workers

French International Broadcasting Station on August 26th, the original title: The automation Qingdao Port is located on the east coast of China. Qingdao is the seventh largest deep -water port in the world. A container terminal in the port realized fully automated. Robots are replacing the original dock workers. The long banner and slogans at the gate of the port are reminding people to work safety and environmental protection commitments. After entering the port, along the coast of more than two kilometers, the blue crane with a huge yellow wheels came into the eyes of the visitor. The automated pier of Shandong Qingdao Port can receive more than 6 million containers.

"How many people work here?" For this issue, Zhang Liangang, a former manager of Qingdao Port, replied that it requires 230 employees to achieve automated pier operation. When a container, someone must be present throughout the process. But the rest are automated. " Zhang also emphasized that there are no operators with cranes! "We can handle 36 containers every hour. There are no drivers who carry the container. This is a dock that is completely unattended."

The new pier that completed the second phase of construction was put into use in the spring of 2017, which is the first automation port in Asia. In terms of loading and unloading containers, it is also one of the fastest ports in the world. Ms. Li Yongcui, a robotic expert who allows ports to be automated, is a computer engineer who has worked in Hong Kong since 2001 and is now the general person in charge of automation pier.

Li said that although men dominate in the computer field, there are more women and excellent work in the programming department of the port. Li pointed out that this is a very complicated and intelligent working environment that requires subtle and correct parameter configurations to perfectly run the system, so (this job) is intelligent in intelligence.

She introduced that the automated pier did not have night lighting, because the device "does not require eye observation", and its work is not interfered by weather factors. In addition to energy saving, one of the advantages of automation is more accurate. Operating costs decreased as personnel decreased, which made up for initial investment.

Of course, automated pier is only part of Qingdao Port. Most of the ports in the port are done by manpower. There are ships, workers, and robots ... The automated pier of Qingdao Port maintained operations during some ports due to the isolation of the epidemic. It now serves about 30 maritime routes. (Author Stephen Lagard, translated by Zhao Fengying)

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